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455 SAINT HELENS AVE, TACOMA

  • 2 images. Mueller-Harkins Motor Co. Silas E. Nelsen, arch. -construction started 6/1/1947 -grand opening 12/4/1948 -255 ft. by 125 ft., 61,000 sq. ft. of indoor floor space -"over two acres of floor area under cover" -pylon/tower added shortly after opening -site includes 423-55 Saint Helens Ave. -E.S. Robinson & Co. bldg. at 447-53 Saint Helens Ave. may have been incorporated into bldg. during construction (SEE ALSO) -partial plans at City of Tacoma Building & Land Use Services Dept. -the Mueller-Harkins Motor Co. was founded in 1916 by Rudolph "Rudy" A. Mueller and Leo W. Harkins TNT 2/17/1948 p.D2 Now building a new Buick center (il of model) TNT 3/9/1948 p.12 Building praised TNT 9/10/1948 p.28 We'll soon raise the curtains (sketch) T.Times 9/10/1948 (mention) TNT 12/3/1948 p.13-15 Grand opening (il) T.Times 12/26/1948 p.28 New Mueller-Harkins Building full step ahead of its time (interior il) T.Times 1/26/1949 Building getting national publicity TNT 9/18/1949 p.A13 33 years as Buick dealer (il) TNT 2/14/1950 (full page ad, including complete floor plan) TNT 6/18/1950 p.A10 (ad,il) TNT 2/13/1951 (full page ad) (il) TNT 8/26/1951 (il) TNT 8/29/1951 (il) TNT 3/2/1952 p.A16 Air raid shelters ... TNT 9/14/1953 p.1 Buick agency being sold by Mueller TNT 11/23/1953 p.1 Death takes Leo Harkins TNT 11/11/1980 p.B16 Tacoma business leader, Rudolph Mueller, 87, dies ----- Brus Buick Co. -co. went out of business in 1960 TNT 10/4/1953 p.B6,B7 Meet the new Buick dealer in Tacoma (il) TNT 2/19/1982 p.C9 Former Brus Buick building sold to local group ----- U.S.A. of Yesterday Motor Car Co. -also known as USA Classic Cars, Sharp & Sons USA of Yesterday Seattle P.I. 3/10/1994 All for the love of a classy chassis TNT 3/16/1999 p.C6 Hidden Tacoma treasure (banquet room opens in bldg.) T.Daily Index 4/1/1999 p.1 ... buzz into '50s era retro-dining, dancing and meeting facility in downtown Tacoma (interior il) T.Weekly 10/11/2002 p.A1 Creating a mural (il) TNT 1/18/2007 p.A1 Downtown grocery in works ... will include hotels, condos, restaurants (Mueller-Harkins Bldg. to be demolished) TNT 1/21/2007 Insight p.3 Letters: "Progress" shouldn't mean sacrificing a Tacoma icon (il) TNT 1/23/2007 p.B1 Grocery store not worth loss of Yesterday TNT 1/30/2007 p.B5 Viewpoint: Building isn't the kind that needs saving (il)
  • Year Built: 1948
  • Decade Built: 1940s
  • Style: modern