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- 9 images. Swiss Hall Heath & Gove, arch. O.F. Larson, contr. -site includes 1901-03 Market St., 320 So. 19th St. -the Swiss Society opened their first hall in 1903, located in the F. Wild Block at 1906-16 Jefferson Ave. (SEE ALSO) -Swiss Tavern opened 4/28/1993 TDL 4/6/1913 p.20 Swiss Society will erect five stories TDN 5/17/1913 p.7 (sketch) TDL 5/18/1913 p.22 (sketch) TDL 7/20/1913 p.24 Work on Swiss Hall begins in two weeks TDL 12/7/1913 p.21 Swiss to dedicate $60,000 building TDL 5/9/1937 p.B8 Alterations at Swiss Hall are started TNT 12/18/1938 p.B9 (new chandelier installed) TNT 3/24/1939 p.6 Carlisle Beverage distributing firm in Tacoma for past 10 years (il) TNT 4/26/1939 p.26 Swiss to celebrate anniversary ... (il) TNT 10/5/1939 p.6 Dance and banquet to mark 50 years of history here TNT 1/20/1952 p.D11 Swiss to entertain TNT 6/21/1954 p.16 Nab burglar red-handed TNT 11/29/1954 p.13 Rock tossed through pane, tavern looted TNT 5/22/1963 p.A1 Armed bandit robs Swiss Hall Tavern TNT 4/10/1966 p.B4 Swiss yodeling event scheduled Saturday TNT 5/17/1966 p.4 Tavern looted (Swiss Hall Tavern) TNT 6/10/1969 p.14 (ad for appearance by Frank Yankovic, "America's Polka King) TNT 12/27/1970 ... "Ugliest Building" candidates TNT 4/13/1980 p.A11 Time machine (il) TNT 10/16/1992 p.B1 Swiss Society leaves historic hall to make room for UW (il) 307.76 Un3T p.41,96 (il) 979.7788 AL566T p.66,67 (il) 979.7788 G1351D p.126 (il) ----- Swiss Tavern -opened 4/28/1993 by Gayl Bertagni, Bob Hill and Jack McQuade TNT 6/20/1993 p.I12 With their love for a building, a tavern is reborn TNT 4/22/1994 p.F5 Blue-collar Swiss has something worth yodeling about (Swiss Tavern/ "The Swiss") TNT 1/29/1995 p.A1 Restarting the heart of the city TNT 6/18/1997 p.SL1 The Swiss legacy; Swiss Hall filled hole for immigrants (interior il) T.Voice 7/17/1997 p.8 Art glass meets beer glass; the permanent (Dale) Chihuly exhibit at the Swiss Tavern TNT 1/19/1998 p.B1 A-one and a-two and a barrel of fun ... bar in downtown Tacoma turns into a polka palace TNT 3/2/2003 p.A1 Club fire could happen here (interior il) Ranger 4/24/2003 Swiss Pub turns 10 (il) TNT 4/24/2003 p.E1 The Swiss clocks 10 years ... Chihuly and the Swiss (interior il) TNT 11/5/2003 p.A1 Two Tacoma races too close to call (interior il) TNT 12/12/2003 p.GO12 For one night only, band was the Swiss Cheese Incident (mention of appearance by the String Cheese Incident) TNT 12/24/2006 p.D1 Tacoma's underground economy (interior il) TNT 4/6/2008 p.E1 Got a blues thing going (interior il) TNT 5/24/2009 p.B1 Accident kills co-owner of The Swiss (death of Gayl Bertagni) TNT 5/27/2009 p.A3 Memorial to honor co-owner of Swiss TNT 5/31/2009 p.A1 Family, friends raise glass to Swiss co-owner TNT 12/27/2009 p.A1 ... venues required to install sprinkler systems (interior il) TNT 3/18/2010 p.A1 Pipers enliven St. Paddy's Day celebrations (interior il) TNT 1/1/2013 p.A1 "Tacoma icon" serves his last beer: after 20 years as owner and bartender (interior il of Bob Hill) Ranger 4/17/2014 The Swiss turns 21 T.Weekly 4/19/2013 p.B4 The Swiss turns 20, plans three-day birthday party TNT 4/26/2013 p.GO2 Celebrate 20 years at the Swiss (interior il) 748.2 C4357H p.87 (il of the "Venetian Group" glass art by artist Dale Chihuly) T.Weekly 9/16/2020 p.1 & 7 Tacoma Is Boarded-Up (il) TNT 7/4/2021 p.5B Vacant restraunts await their post-pandemic fate
- Year Built: 1913
- Decade Built: 1910s
- Style: Swiss