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940-42 BROADWAY, TACOMA
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- 3 images. Dave Gross Block C.A. Darmer arch. Cornell Bros., contr. -plans at the Univ. of Wash., Special Collections Dept. -previously the site of Mrs. Grilley's Cake Depot -rebuilt/remodeled for Metropolitan Chain Stores, Inc. in 1928
- TDL 11/13/1904 p.19 New building for C Street
- TDL 3/4/1906 p.18 permits
- TDL 4/15/1906 p.18 permits
- TDL 6/15/1913 p.19 Property on which $79,000 profit was realized (il) TNL 12/2/1917 p.35 (ad for the Lou Johnson Co.,sketch) 720.979 D25R ----- Metropolitan Chain Stores, Inc.
- TDL 3/2/1928 p.5 Store leases on Broadway (rebuilding/remodeling for Metropolitan Chain Stores, Inc.)
- TDL 3/4/1928 p.E8 Lease of store on Broadway is consumated
- TNT 9/19/1940 p.1 Two Tacoma plants hit by fire ----- Lundquist Lilly Men's Wear -founded in 1919 by Howard Lilly
- TNT 8/14/1961 p.2 Men's store to replace Metropolitan (remodeling for clothing store by Lea, Pearson & Richards, arch.)
- TNT 11/16/1961 p.A6 Time for open house (remodeling by Woodard Construction Co., contr.) (il) p.A7 ... opens new store tomorrow (sketch)
- TNT 11/26/1967 p.C18 Downtown men's store to close ----- Urban Renewal Dept.
- TNT 12/25/1968 p.B14 (permit taken to remodel first floor) ----- LeRoy Jewelers -established in 1941 by Irving Farber -the word "LeRoy" is French for "the King" -moved into bldg. c.1970 -street clock installed c.1988
- TNT 12/3/1991 Even in the rough, downtown's been a gem for LeRoy Jewelers
- TNT 12/22/1994 p.C7 Neon on Broadway
- TNT 3/5/2006 p.D1 Rare gem sparkled in Tacoma; downtown's doyenne retires after 65 years: Hazel Farber, tenacious owner of LeRoy Jewelers, has retired
- TNT 12/26/2022 p.1 Tacoma's 102 year old LeRoy street clock to be restored (ext il) 979.778 H628H Vol.I p.434
- Year Built: 1906
- Decade Built: 1900s
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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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