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934-36 BROADWAY, TACOMA
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- 5 images. S.H. Kress & Co. E.J.T. Hoffman (New York), arch. Austin Co., contr. E.R. Campbell, supt. of construction -walls/foundation from the Wheeler Bldg. may have been used in the construction of the Kress Bldg. -opened 10/16/1925 -remodeled in 1957 -Kress store closed in 1972 -plans at TPL
- TDL 3/15/1924 p.1 Broadway sale sets high mark ... will erect $100,000 structure
- TDL 5/17/1925 p.E10 Old building to be razed on Broadway
- TDL 8/30/1925 p.A12 Rush work for opening of building
- TDL 10/16/1925 p.3 Kress opening set for today (interior il)
- TDL 6/9/1927 p.1 $900 holdup in Kress store
- TDL 10/18/1936 p.A1 $500 loot in Kress holdup
- TNT 2/12/1937 Old landmark moved (old Burnett Bros. Jewelry Store street clock moved from 936 Broadway to 924 Broadway)
- TNT 11/24/1957 p.C16 Kress remodeling (Lyle Swedberg, arch.) (sketch)
- TNT 8/13/1958 p.A8-A11 Brand new Kress Store hangs latchstring out (remodeling in baked enamel by G. Kirkebo & Son, Inc, contr.) (il,interior il)
- TNT 4/10/1959 p.D2 Kress presents Tacoma's nationally famous hit recording artists "The Wailers"
- TNT 10/2/1994 p.SL11 Kress impressed style on Tacoma 725.2 N213G p.106 (il) ----- Selden's Home Furnishings -opened in the Fall of 1975, the first major new store on Broadway Plaza
- TNT 9/9/1979 p.A8 Selden's Broadway Plaza store to close in 3 weeks ----- Children's Museum of Tacoma
- TNT 3/30/1996 p.A1 Tacoma Children's Museum finds room to grow (former Kress Bldg. to be remodeled for museum by Stephen Wong, arch.) (sketch)
- TNT 5/1/1996 p.A1 Imagining the centers of culture in Tacoma 2010
- TNT 2/2/1997 p.D1 Room to grow; Children's Museum invites public into spacious new home (interior il) GTWY 2/5/1997 p.B1 For kids' sake
- TNT 3/20/1999 p.SL7 Art classes are being CAST in a new light at new address (Community Arts School of Tacoma)
- TNT 7/14/2000 p.D1 New life for ... (to be remodeled)
- TNT 12/19/2000 p.D1 Development downtown starts at crucial corner (improvements by Capital Connection)
- TNT 10/11/2005 p.B1 Dreams of grandeur deferred (proposed as home for the Asia Pacific Cultural Center) T.Daily Index 2/23/2006 p.1 Kress Building gets historic nod from City (il) Business Examiner 3/6/2006 p.27 Tacoma buildings find new life with government, retail tenants (United States Geological Survey (USGS) takes space on second floor) T.Weekly 3/30/2006 p.A3 ... added to historic register
- TNT 10/4/2009 p.E1 Arty potties (interior il of wall mural by artist Heidi Reidman)
- TNT 3/27/2010 p.A1 Museum for kids finds new home ----- -print at TPL (General Coll., Richards Coll. #A116041-1, A116041-7, D109758-3)
- Year Built: 1925
- Decade Built: 1920s
- On City Historic Register
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Abbreviation Key GTWY - Peninsula Gateway, TDL - Tacoma Daily Ledger, TDN - Tacoma Daily News, TNL - Tacoma News Ledger, TNT - Tacoma News Tribune
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