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Item
Title
D8674-4
Date(s)
- 1939-08-01 (Creation)
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Name of creator
(1919-1980)
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Scope and content
The new Civic Auditorium addition was being added to the Armory in August of 1939. The new construction added a 20,000 sq. ft. National Guard drill hall, that could serve as a public auditorium seating 3,500 on the main floor, and 1,500 in the side balconies. This photograph clearly shows the 9-ton rounded steel trusses that support the new roof, replacing the pillars and providing an unobstructed view the entire length of the hall. The remodel and addition, which cost a total of $163,000, was a P.W.A. project. (T. Times 8/3/1939, pg. 1)
State Armory (Tacoma); Pierce County Courthouse (Tacoma); Building construction--Tacoma--1930-1940;