ca. 1979. View of the back portion of the original St. Joseph Hospital, 1812 So. I St. circa 1979, with the J St. Standpipe in the right background. The hospital was built in 1914 and demolished in 1982. The standpipe was completed in 1890 and is located near St. Joseph Hospital.
Water towers--Tacoma; Tacoma Dept. of Public Utilities, Water Division (Tacoma); J Street Standpipe (Tacoma); St. Josephs Hospital & School of Nursing (Tacoma); Hospitals--Tacoma--1970-1980;
ca. 1979. The Commerce St. side of West Coast Grocery Co., 1732-38 Pacific Ave., now part of the University of Washington, Tacoma, campus. In the distance, are the Snoqualmie Power House and the pedestrian bridge between the F.S. Harmon building and its warehouse.
West Coast Grocery Co. (Tacoma); University of Washington (Tacoma);
ca. 1979. Pacific Northwest Bell building, 1313 Broadway. Built in 1976, James Harris / Harris, Reed & Litzenberger, architect. The six story building is built of reflective glass.
ca. 1979. Tacoma Central School, 601 So. 8th St. (Now houses administrative offices.) Central School was built in 1912 and designed by the architectural firm of Heath and Gove.
ca. 1979. Graphics of a native American hunting a buffalo adorned the outside of the J & M Tavern, 1344 Pacific Ave. The Tavern was located in the Cogswell & Meath Building built in 1908; Darmer & Cutting, Architects. The building was demolished around 1986 in a attempt to clean up lower Pacific Ave.
Building deterioration--Tacoma--1970-1980; J & M Tavern (Tacoma);
ca. 1979. Garretson-Woodruff-Pratt Building, circa 1979. The structure was built in 1890 and was home to the Peoples Store (1890's) and Sears (1920's), as well as other businesses. Today it is part of the University of Washington's Tacoma campus.
University of Washington (Tacoma); Garretson-Woodruff-Pratt Building (Tacoma);
ca. 1979. Side entrance to the Hotel Massasoit, 1708 Broadway, circa 1979. The former hotel is now the University of Washington Tacoma Institute of Technology.
University of Washington (Tacoma); Massasoit Hotel (Tacoma);
ca. 1979. The gaily striped awning decorates the exterior of Tutor Craft Interiors at 1531 Market St. In 1979, a newly remodeled store had opened following a disastrous fire in Jan. of 1978. The business had opened in 1944 and specialized in custom draperies.
ca. 1979. View from Pacific looking west. On the left is the Last Chance Tavern, 1504-06 Jefferson Ave.; the Sproule-Bergheim Bldg. built in 1905. This was the location of the Cow Butter Store from 1901-1942. The building on the right with the broken windows is 1518 Pacific. In the background are the Commerce St. sides of 1523 Broadway (left) and 1519-21 Broadway. The Williams & Co. Bldg., 1518 Pacific, was built in 1906, G.W. Bullard, architect. It was previously home to the 1518 Cabaret and later Nativity House (1517 Commerce.)
Cityscapes--Tacoma--1970-1980; Last Chance Tavern (Tacoma);
ca. 1979. Parking lot at Union Station, 1717 Pacific Ave., located at the north end and behind the station. Schoenfelds, 1423 Pacific, can be seen in the background.
L. Schoenfeld & Sons (Tacoma); Furniture stores--Tacoma--1970-1980; Union Station (Tacoma); Parking lots--Tacoma--1970-1980;
ca. 1979. Side of the Sprague Building, 1501-09 Pacific Ave., and view of parking lot behind. The structure was built in 1889, designed by the architectural firm of Pickles & Sutton and is on the City and National Registry. It has, since 1996, been occupied by United Way as their Betye Martin Baker Human Services Center.
ca. 1979. South 19th St., circa 1979; looking up the hill past the railroad tracks on the left are the Tioga Building (1901 Jefferson) and the Swiss Hall (1902-04 Jefferson.) In 1995, South 19th St. between Pacific and Jefferson was closed to traffic and made part of the University of Washington, Tacoma campus. It is the site of the school's grand staircase.
University of Washington (Tacoma); Tioga Building (Tacoma); Swiss Hall (Tacoma);
ca. 1979. View, circa 1979, of the 1700 Block of Jefferson. The large brick building right is the Massasoit Hotel, 1708 Broadway. The Massasoit was built in 1889 and remodeled almost 100 years later for the Moss Adams Accounting firm. It is now part of the University of Washington Tacoma campus.The dilapidated building seen in the front right of the Massasoit is 1702 Jefferson., the Wickersham Triangle building. The light colored building on the left is the Jefferson House Nursing Home at 1748 Jefferson. Both buildings have since been demolished.
Building deterioration--Tacoma--1970-1980; Cityscapes--Tacoma--1970-1980; Massasoit Hotel (Tacoma); Hotels--Tacoma;
ca. 1979. View of downtown Tacoma, circa 1979. The rectangular building in the background right was the Puget Sound National Bank Computer Center, 1301 A Street. It was built in 1967 and demolished in 1999; it is now the site of Columbia Bank. Prior to 1967, this was the site of the Tacoma Railway & Motor Co. Powerhouse, later the Tacoma Transit Co. Garage.
Puget Sound National Bank Computer Center (Tacoma);
