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405 BROADWAY, TACOMA

  • 10 images. Y.W.C.A. (Young Women's Christian Assoc.) Earl Dugan / Sutton, Whitney & Dugan, arch. Albertson, Cornell Bros. & Walsh, contr. -architects "influenced on the project by the New York firm of McKim, Mead & White, which is known for its Georgian street architecture in the West during the 1920s" (
  • TNT 6/16/1977) -concrete and brick -bldg. includes Mrs. R.L. McCormick Hall, Mrs. J.P. Weyerhaeuser Gymnasium, Mrs. Harriet Strong Pool -plans at TPL -ground breaking 1/2/1928 -cornerstone laid 6/3/1928 -dedicated 12/12/1928 -added to Tacoma Register by Resolution No.24544, 7/12/1977 -rehab c.1979-1985
  • TDL 7/20/1924 p.E8 Association to have permanent building (sketch)
  • TDL 4/12/1925 p.A1 Tacoma to get Y.W. building
  • TDL 1/25/1927 p.1 Y.W.C.A. to get new building
  • TDL 3/4/1927 p.1 Plan building fund campaign ...
  • TNT 5/21/1927 Proposed $300,000 Y.W.C.A. building (sketch)
  • TDL 5/22/1927 p.A1,A6-A8 Y.W.C.A. drive opens Monday (sketch)
  • TDL 1/1/1928 p.D6 Breaking of ground is planned
  • TDL 1/8/1928 p.E8 Work on new Y.W.C.A. gets under way (il of model)
  • TDL 3/11/1928 p.A10 Concrete poured on new Y-W tank (sketch)
  • TDL 6/4/1928 p.1 Cornerstone service held
  • TNT 6/4/1928 Ceremony marks cornerstone laying ... (il)
  • TDL 10/7/1928 p.E8 Auditorium of new Y.W.C.A. in use Tuesday
  • TDL 11/4/1928 New building opens
  • TDL 12/9/1928 p.A1 Life dream of Y.W.C.A. is realized (il, interior il) p.D1 Y.W.C.A. opening event of week (il of board members)
  • TNT 12/11/1928 p.1 New Y.W. home to be opened Wednesday (il)
  • TDL 12/12/1928 p.5 Open new Y.W. edifice this evening
  • TDL 12/13/1928 p.1 Realize dream in housewarming for new Y.W. building
  • TNT 12/13/1928 Tacoma dedicates new Y.W. building
  • TDL 4/9/1929 Gravure Sec. p.4 (il)
  • TNT 12/12/1929 Y.W.C.A. will hold first anniversary house warming; ceremonial and dedication of portrait of St. Margaret to mark program ... (il of painting)
  • TNT 11/6/1936 p.1 Devoted friends save Tacoma's "Y.W."; gift of Mrs. H.A. Strong makes possible extensive refinancing program (il)
  • TNT 7/24/1949 Activities of girls centered at Y.W.C.A. (il)
  • TNT 9/30/1959 p.A17 NAACP set for session at "Y" here (civil rights leader Medgar Evers to appear)
  • TNT 10/4/1959 p.A10 NAACP aide urges Negroes to seek vote (il of Medgar Evers)
  • TNT 10/28/1962 p.A8 ... approved for fallout shelters
  • TNT 6/17/1976 YWCA down in the dumps; old building, no $$ (il)
  • TNT 6/16/1977 YWCA urged as historic site
  • TNT 2/12/1978 p.E6 YWCA has its woes, but cheer prevails (il)
  • TNT 10/1/1978 A Xerox original (Xerox Corp. employees volunteer to clear land for playground) (il of site)
  • TNT 1/11/1982 YWCA nearing completion of stair tower; elevator ordered (addition by Gene Grulich, arch. and Lincoln Construction Co., contr.)
  • TNT 6/3/1988 p.A1 YWCA split - over hiring a man (Alan Tiger)
  • TNT 6/9/1988 p.A1 YWCA warned: Fire man, lose $300,000
  • TNT 6/17/1988 p.B1 National Y postpones expulsion of Tacoma
  • TNT 6/18/1988 YWCA sues to stop its ouster for hiring male director
  • TNT 6/25/1988 p.A1 National YWCA vote rejects males
  • TNT 10/27/1988 p.B1 Study replaces suit over male director of Tacoma YWCA
  • TNT 7/20/1990 p.A1 Tacoma YWCA's male executive quits T.Weekly 12/18/1997 p.3 YWCA to retire pool and gym 720.28 Su87A 720.28 T119TR p.83 (rehab by Gene Grulich, arch. c.1979-1985) 979.778 H628H Vol.I p.44
  • Year Built: 1928
  • Decade Built: 1920s
  • On City Historic Register