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2120-32 S C ST, TACOMA

  • 12 images. Columbia Brewing Co. C.A. Darmer, arch. Albert Miller, contr.
  • TDL 4/3/1900 p.3 Work is begun on new brewery
  • TDL 4/25/1900 p.3 To build brewing plant TDN Annual 1/18/1904 p.47 (il) TDN Annual 1/16/1905 p.21 (il of plant and addition under construction) TDN 6/29/1905 (il)
  • TDL 7/17/1921 p.B5 Tacoma made brew attracts attention (interior il)
  • TDL 7/25/1932 p.1 Firebug sets plant ablaze; quick work averts huge fire damage
  • TDL 11/10/1932 p.1 Tacoma brewery to double plant
  • TDL 9/17/1933 p.B7 Local brewery is enlarging (il)
  • TDL 9/24/1933 p.B8 (addition to stockhouse by Jos. Wells, contr.)
  • TDL 5/19/1935 p.A7 (il of delivery fleet)
  • TNT 7/23/1937 p.4 Brewery to expand
  • TNT 2/13/1938 p.B1 Brewery is rebuilt
  • TNT 9/18/1942 p.8 Keeping pace with Tacoma (il c.1900)
  • TNT 7/30/1946 p.14 (permit taken for penthouse machinery shop)
  • TNT 9/3/1948 p.27 (ad,sketch) 720.979 D25R (see index) 917.972 T119N Tacoma New Herald 1905 p.31 (il) ----- -print at TPL (Richards Coll. #C87485)
  • Year Built: 1900
  • Decade Built: 1900s
  • demolished

2120-32 S C ST, TACOMA

  • 12 images. Built circa 1949 Columbia Breweries, Inc. / Heidelberg Brewing Co. -Heidelberg Brewery purchased the Columbia Brewery plant in 1949 and remodeled/rebuilt -purchased by Carling Brewery in 1959 -closed in June 1979 -demolished in 2011
  • TNT 12/9/1948 Columbia expanding
  • TNT 6/30/1949 p.D4 (permit taken for warehouse by Ketner Bros., contr.)
  • TNT 1/26/1951 p.10 (permit taken for bottling plant)
  • TNT 6/24/1951 p.A5 Columbia Brewing Co. safe attacked
  • TNT 10/24/1951 p.8 Boilermakers ease stack at brewery (il) p.17 Man spends night in beer locker
  • TNT 1/7/1952 p.B1-B2 A portrayal of fifty years of progress (Special Sec.) (il)
  • TNT 11/2/1952 p.C14 ... expands warehouse; raising the roof (il)
  • TNT 3/4/1953 p.C1 Columbia expands straight up (addition by Geo. Wellington Stoddard of Seattle, arch. and Woodworth Co., contr.) (il)
  • TNT 4/7/1953 p.D16 A half century of progress (full page ad) (il)
  • TNT 7/19/1953 p.C12 Brewery awards cellar contract (Bona Fide Builders, Inc., contr.)
  • TNT 7/26/1953 p.C13 Heidelberg building new storage cellar (Jos. Wohleb, arch.)
  • TNT 9/7/1953 p.25 It's open house week (il)
  • TNT 12/27/1953 p.C8 Heidelberg Co. gets new tanks for storage (il)
  • TNT 9/3/1954 p.C16 Heidelberg triples in size in 7 years (il)
  • TNT 9/5/1955 p.C13,C16 Brewery has large Tacoma labor force (il)
  • TNT 9/3/1956 p.C13 Tourists like brewery tour (il)
  • TNT 9/2/1957 Heidelberg plant comes a long way (il)
  • TNT 9/18/1957 p.D6 Roof worker hurt in plunge
  • TNT 9/1/1958 p.C6 Heidelberg Brewery has many visitors (il) 307.76 Un3T p.26,97 ----- Carling Brewing Co. -plant purchased by Carling c. Jan. 1959
  • TNT 9/7/1959 Tacoma has Carling's only coast plant (il)
  • TNT 2/17/1960 p.B8 More beer (il of stainless steel tank)
  • TNT 12/21/1960 p.D2 (permit taken for freight elevator)
  • TNT 1/15/1961 p.A1 $1,800,000 in construction planned here (addition and remodeling by McKasson Bros. Construction Co., contr.) (sketch)
  • TNT 10/27/1968 p.B12 Carling to expand capacity of plant (fermentation tanks to be added to rooftop) (sketch)
  • TNT 8/3/1969 p.D9 Brewery to build packaging center (sketch)
  • TNT 8/24/1969 p.D9 (addition to bottle shop)
  • TNT 5/17/1970 Carling addition nears completion (il)
  • TNT 12/13/1970 Drink to new Carling facility (new packaging center by Macdonald Bldg. Co., contr.)
  • TNT 3/28/1979 Heidelberg's Tacoma cup runneth dry (plant to close) ----- Columbia Energy Resources
  • TNT 6/26/1980 Alcohol for cars may be made here
  • TNT 12/11/1980 Ethanol distillery assured; grant guarantees conversion of old Carling Brewery
  • TNT 7/2/1983 p.A2 Heidelberg Brewery starts conversion to alcohol plant (remodeling by Jacobs Engineering Group (Pasadena), arch.) (il)
  • TNT 9/23/1983 Brewery-to-alcohol-plant issue argued for 7 hours
  • TNT 11/9/1983 Greenery to conceal "ugly" industrial plant
  • TNT 12/25/1983 p.F3 Opponent claims ethanol plant a downtown danger (il)
  • TNT 4/1/1984 p.F3 ... hopes to begin construction soon (il) -----
  • TNT 5/19/1988 New owners uncap plan for old brewery
  • TNT 6/23/1992 Rave reviews; Tacoma's underground, invitation-only parties ...
  • TNT 1/29/1995 p.A1 Restarting the heart of the city
  • TNT 6/15/1996 p.B2 Firefighters tackle downtown blaze
  • TNT 6/16/1996 p.B1 Rock bands lose equipment in fire Business Examiner 4/14/2003 p.31 Brewery has been toast of Tacoma (il)
  • TNT 10/20/2005 p.B1 Tacomans no longer can toast Student Prince (cast concrete frieze by sculptor Karl Biber removed from bldg.) (il)
  • TNT 6/30/2006 p.A1 Downtown Tacoma to get hotel ... another group aims to demolish the former Heidelberg Brewery next door for mixed use T.Daily Index 12/13/2007 p.1 Proposed Heidelberg demolition concerns historic preservationists (il) T.Weekly 1/3/2008 p.4 Developers want to demolish Heidelberg Brewery (il)
  • TNT 6/21/2009 p.B1 Mysteries of history ... (Student Prince statue) City Arts Aug. 2010 p.5 Our Prince will come ... ghost comes back to life (il) T.Daily Index 1/10/2011 p.1 Last call for Columbia Heidelberg Brewery buildings? (il) T.Daily Index 1/14/2011 p.1 Demolition ahead for Tacoma's Heidelberg Brewery
  • TNT 1/14/2011 p.A10 Brewery coming down; historical value not enough to save Heidelberg complex (il) T.Daily Index 1/18/2011 p.1 Columbia Heidelberg Brewery will be razed, but branding remains classic forever (il) T.Weekly 1/21/2011 p.A1 Old Heidelberg Brewery likely to be razed (il) T.Daily Index 6/28/2011 p.1 Heidbelberg Brewery demolition under way (il)
  • TNT 10/8/2011 p.A3 A piece of Tacoma's skyline is no longer (il of water tower)
  • Year Built: 1949
  • Decade Built: 1940s
  • Demolished: 2011