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1101 A ST, TACOMA

  • 5 images. Perkins Bldg. Sydney Albert Perkins, builder Russell & Babcock, arch. Contract Engineering Co., contr. -housed the Tacoma Daily Ledger and Tacoma Daily News newspapers -"Tacoma's first fireproof building", "highest in Tacoma", "highest reinforced concrete building in the Northwest" -addition c.1909 -remodeling c.1919,1984 -rededicated 3/21/2002 -eight stories -bldg. served as the first home of the University of Washington - Tacoma from 1990-1997 (classes opened 10/1/1990, first graduation ceremonies held 6/14/1991) TDN 1/16/1905 p.72 (sketch of bldg., originally proposed for a site at 13th & Broadway)
  • TDL 11/12/1905 p.18 Modern new home for the Ledger and the News
  • TDL 1/7/1906 p.16 (to be six stories)
  • TDL 1/28/1906 p.18 (brick bldg. on site to be moved) (Lister Block)
  • TDL 2/4/1906 p.20 ("working night and day to complete plans")
  • TDL 2/11/1906 p.19 (Lister Block to be moved to lot 3)
  • TDL 2/18/1906 p.19 (il of excavation)
  • TDL 3/18/1906 p.40 Perkins Bldg. to be erected at South 11th & A Street, new era in local building (sketch)
  • TDL 3/25/1906 p.23 Remarkable feat of moving brick building (il of the Lister Block being moved)
  • TDL 4/1/1906 p.17 Biggest permit in years
  • TDL 5/20/1906 p.19 (foundation started)
  • TDL 6/17/1906 p.20 (C.A. Richardson, contr. for heating)
  • TDL 6/24/1906 p.18 Constructing a real fire proof building (feature article,il) TDN 7/14/1906 p.20 (il under construction)
  • TDL 8/26/1906 p.20 (progress)
  • TDL 3/17/1907 p.1 Ledger offices now in the Perkins Bldg.
  • TDL 6/16/1907 p.18 (Perkins Bldg. directory)
  • TDL 5/31/1908 p.5 (il of bldg. illuminated in honor of visiting battleships)
  • TDL 6/21/1908 p.22 Perkins Building to be doubled in size
  • TDL 11/15/1908 p.4 Handsome directory sign is installed
  • TDL 1/13/1909 Commercial Club Edition p.3,29,58 (il)
  • TDL 4/11/1909 p.28 Contract let for doubling the size of the Perkins Building (Russell & Babcock, arch. and Hurley-Mason Co., contr.) (il)
  • TDL 4/25/1909 p.37 Preparing to begin new Perkins Building
  • TDL 5/16/1909 p.42 Clearing site for big business block
  • TDL 6/13/1909 p.36 Permit issued for the Perkins Block
  • TDL 8/1/1909 p.40 Big office building makes good progress
  • TDL 8/15/1909 p.36 Builders have a busy season
  • TDL 9/5/1909 p.10 (real estate ad) (il)
  • TDL 10/10/1909 p.44 (il under construction) TDN 12/11/1909 p.10 (il under construction)
  • TDL 1/16/1910 p.38 (il)
  • TDL 2/27/1910 p.37 Weather keeps building back
  • TDL 5/15/1910 p.41 (ad,sketch)
  • TDL 5/29/1910 p.7 Now ready for new tenants (sketch)
  • TDL 1/1/1911 p.29 (il)
  • TDL 4/30/1911 p.47 (bldg. directory)
  • TDL 10/13/1912 p.1 (il of crowds getting World Series bulletins from the newspaper)
  • TDL 11/7/1912 (il of crowds watching Ledger election returns)
  • TDL 2/19/1913 (il)
  • TDL 6/22/1913 p.3 (il)
  • TDL 6/29/1913 p.28 (il of Union and Confederate veterans marching past bldg.)
  • TDL 7/6/1913 p.17 Florence Moore, comedienne, giving away theater tickets (il)
  • TDL 11/9/1913 (il of cars lined up for Ledger Trophy Sociability Run to Olympia) TNL 10/8/1916 p.1 (il of fans receiving World Series returns) TNL 11/26/1916 p.5 Ledger and News in modern home (remodeling)
  • TNT 11/12/1918 p.1 (il of bldg. with American flag hanging from roof top)
  • TDL 4/13/1919 p.B7 (three floors remodeled into four by Hurley-Mason Co., contr.)
  • TDL 9/26/1920 p.B7 New marquee added to Perkins Building
  • TDL 7/3/1921 p.B9 Heating company moves offices... spacious quarters occupied on new 11th Street entrance (sw corner leased by Consumers Central Heating Co.)
  • TDL 2/9/1924 p.1 (mention of Ku Klux Klan headquarters in the bldg.)
  • TDL 2/1/1925 p.A13 Perkins Building tenants garage first on Coast
  • TDL 3/2/1925 p.7 New tenant garage is completed
  • TDL 7/14/1929 p.A5 Auto is wrecked in 70-foot plunge
  • TDL 11/23/1934 p.6,7 New restaurant makes its bow (full page ad, interior il of Perkins Bldg. Lunch Room)
  • TNT 5/6/1938 p.9 S.A. Perkins is honored (mention of speech by Geo. Francis Train on future site of bldg.)
  • TNT 5/4/1940 p.1 Building is ransacked (hard copy only)
  • TNT 8/12/1943 p.12 Grand opening of Sundgren's Coffee Shop (full page ad) (interior il)
  • TNT 5/19/1948 p.1 500-yd. city coffee shop barrier argued in court
  • TNT 5/22/1948 p.1 Judge rules on distance
  • TNT 2/25/1949 p.1 Business offices looted
  • TNT 7/13/1949 p.29 Richmond reversed in coffee shop ruling
  • TNT 12/21/1950 p.B2 Perkins Building fire loss $2,500
  • TNT 4/25/1951 p.24,25 Visit to Islander (restaurant) is South Sea Isles trip
  • TNT 6/1/1951 p.13 (ad for the Islander)
  • TNT 3/2/1952 p.A16 Air raid shelters ...
  • TNT 4/7/1953 p.D9 (ad,bldg. directory) (il)
  • TNT 5/1/1955 p.C20 Social Security offices in new location (interior il)
  • TNT 5/6/1957 p.4,5 Islander under Clark restaurant banner (il of the >Islander Restaurant/The Islander)
  • TNT 9/28/1960 p.A14 "Prime Rib" opening set (Prime Rib Restaurant operated by Eddie Mays)
  • TNT 10/5/1960 p.A13 Prime Rib Restaurant set for grand opening (full page ad)
  • TNT 9/26/1961 p.3 Thief gets large shell, old checks
  • TNT 10/28/1962 p.A8 ... approved for fallout shelters
  • TNT 2/6/1964 p.D4 Opening tomorrow (Paul's Prime Rib & Steak)
  • TNT 5/17/1964 p.B6 (permit taken to remodel third floor)
  • TNT 9/23/1964 p.A9 (permit taken to remodel 5th and 6th floors)
  • TNT 10/21/1965 p.C14 Formal opening (opening of Stuart Anderson's Black Angus Restaurant)
  • TNT 8/4/1968 p.C23 (interior remodeling)
  • TNT 11/10/1968 p.A1,C21 60-year-old Perkins Bldg. in new hands (il)
  • TNT 2/22/1976 p.C10 Perkins Building sold (to be renovated by Arai, Jackson & Reyes, arch.)
  • TNT 6/27/1976 p.D8 Perkins Building getting fresh paint, new, inviting atmosphere (interior il)
  • TNT 1/22/1978 Gateway to the tide flats
  • TNT 12/7/1989 p.1 UW goes downtown - for now
  • TNT 9/24/1990 p.B1 Ribbons shipped to open branch campus
  • TNT 6/5/1991 p.B1 Making history: Real estate agent is UW-Tacoma'sfirst grad (Kelly Creso)
  • TNT 6/15/1991 p.A1,B1 Branch campus hails grads
  • TNT 5/30/1995 p.B4 Shop thrives downtown by pickiness and pluck (The Underground Shop at 1107 A St.)
  • TNT 8/26/1997 p.A1 UW Tacoma packing up, moving to new home
  • TNT 6/16/1998 p.C6 Perkins Building rehab Business Examiner 4/5/1999 p.1 Tacoma Chamber looks at painting city with light bldg. proposed for installation by artist Iole Alessandrini)
  • TNT 4/18/1999 p.D1 Artist wants to light up city's core
  • TNT 10/27/1999 p.SL11 "Season of Light" creator to describe artistic project (Season of Light Gallery opens in bldg.)
  • TNT 6/15/2000 p.B2 Man falls or jumps to his death in under-renovation Perkins Building Business Examiner 8/7/2000 p.16 Another Tacoma landmark to get a new lease on life as office building (remodeling by Lynn Messinger / Sclater & Sclater Architects, arch. and Mountain Construction Co., contr.) (il)
  • TNT 11/3/2000 p.D1 High tech thrives in old digs T.Daily Index 11/27/2000 p.1 Surprises in Perkins Building renovations
  • TNT 2/2/2001 p.D1 Rich in history and promise (interior il) Business Examiner 2/5/2001 p.10 Opitc Fusion to open office in Tacoma
  • TNT 7/10/2001 p.D1 Downtown Perkins Building to incorporate residential space
  • TNT 11/14/2001 p.B1 Historic buildings receive tax breaks T.Daily Index 3/13/2002 p.1 Perkins Building grand opening next week (il) Business Examiner 3/18/2002 p.13-15 Perkins Building shines again (il,interior il) T.Daily Index 3/22/2002 p.1 Tacoma's historic Perkins Building rededicated (remodeling by Sclater Partners Architects of Seattle, arch. and Mountain Construction Co., contr.)
  • TNT 4/29/2002 p.B8 Feeling at home downtown T.Weekly 12/6/2002 p.A3 Council approves tax breaks for city's historic buildings
  • TNT 10/13/2003 p.B1 Touring downtown's turnaround (interior il of Perkins Lofts)
  • TNT 11/22/2003 p.E1 The lofty life (interior il)
  • TNT 5/1/2004 (ad for Perkins Lofts) (il)
  • TNT 10/6/2004 p.D1 Day spas, yes; groceries, no (interior il) T.Daily Index 12/2/2004 p.1 Blurred vision? (il) T.Weekly 2/17/2005 p.A3 Optic Fusion expanding in Perkins Building
  • TNT 12/18/2005 p.E1 Tacoma ghost sign tour (interior il) 338.973 P83Pt 1921 p.31 (il) 720.28 T119TR p.54 (rehab c.1984 by Maurice Sullivan, arch. and Eberharter Construction Co., contr.) 720.979 R911C p.18 792.6 J959J 1926 p.51 (il) 797.1 T11 1936 p.34 (ad) (interior il of the Perkins Building Lunch Room) 917.97 W52W 1907 (il under construction) 920 P41 p.7 (il) 979.72 T119 (il) 979.778 D642S 979.778 H628H Vol.II p.47 (il) 979.7788 AL566T p.55 (il)
  • Year Built: 1906
  • Decade Built: 1900s

1101 A ST, TACOMA

  • 5 images. Lister Block G.C. Clements & Co., arch. -bldg. moved to 1105 A St. when the Perkins Bldg. was built, demolished when the Perkins Bldg. addition was built -occupants included: Hotel Hauser, Dawson Saloon
  • TDL 6/17/1890 p.5 (mention)
  • TDL 1/1/1891 p.12 permits
  • TDL 12/19/1901 p.6 Kills himself with own knife (in Hotel Hauser)
  • TDL 1/28/1906 p.18 (bldg. to be moved to make way for the Perkins Bldg.)
  • TDL 2/11/1906 p.19 (to be moved to lot 3)
  • TDL 3/25/1906 p.23 Remarkable feat of moving brick building ("first brick bldg. moved in Tacoma", Nichols & Handley, movers) (il)
  • TDL 5/16/1909 p.42 Clearing site for big business block
  • TNT 1/22/1961 p.A8 Out of Tacoma's past (il of bldg. being moved)
  • Year Built: 1890
  • Decade Built: 1890s
  • 1909