Sidewalks are blocked-off around the Fidelity Building where crews prepare to demolish the 1890 office building designed by notable Chicago architects Burnham & Root. Considered very "modern" when it was built, the structure soon will be replaced by a new "modern" building for the F. W. Woolworth Co.

Office buildings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Fidelity Building (Tacoma); Demolition--Tacoma--1940-1950; Skyscrapers--Tacoma; Burnham & Root (Chicago, Ill.);

ca. 1931. Fidelity Building, 949-55 Broadway, Tacoma. The Fidelity Bldg. was built in 1890 from a design by Burnham & Root, architects. It was originally six stories, with six more added in 1909. The structure was demolished in 1949 to make way for the Woolworth Co. building. Bowen # 1061-2

Fidelity Building (Tacoma); Office buildings--Tacoma--1930-1940;