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1552 JEFFERSON AVE, TACOMA

  • 8 images. Carlton Hotel Anton Huth, builder C.A. Darmer, arch. Peterman, contr. -opened 8/7/1909 -named for Anton Huth's son, Carlton -later occupied by the Earle Hotel -rehab c.1985, renamed Carlton Center -adjoining parking garage at 1548 Commerce St. added in 1987, improved in 1992 -site includes 1550-56 Jefferson Ave., 1549-55 Broadway, 1550-56 Commerce St. -partial plans at the Univ. of Wash., Special Collections Dept. TDL 9/15/1907 p.17 Contemplates fine hotel (Huth purchases lots) TDL 10/27/1907 p.38 Another hotel is projected TDL 11/3/1907 p.39 (construction delayed due to City's sidewalks encroaching on property) TDL 8/14/1908 p.5 A. Huth's six-story hotel TDL 8/30/1908 p.23 (Western Truck Co., contr. for excavation) TDL 9/13/1908 p.35 Builders unearth stump of old tree TDL 10/11/1908 p.35 (progress) TDL 11/15/1908 p.35 (progress) TDL 11/22/1908 p.35 Contracts are awarded TDL 12/6/1908 p.27 (progress) TDL 1/31/1909 p.36 New Huth hotel four stories up TDL 2/14/1909 Workmen make rapid progress TDL 2/21/1909 p.33 (il under construction) TDL 3/7/1909 p.36 Busy building season is on TDN 3/12/1909 p.10 (il under construction) TDL 3/28/1909 p.44 Rapid progress ... TDL 5/16/1909 p.44 New hotel to open in July (il) TDL 6/20/1909 p.37 New hotel nearly complete T.Times 8/6/1909 p.8 Grand opening (ad,il) TDL 8/7/1909 p.7 Carlton Hotel open to public T.Tribune 1/16/1913 p.1 Fenton H. Goss is suicide in Tacoma hotel TDL 1/17/1913 p.5 Goss carries out threat of suicide TDL 2/19/1913 (il) TDL 11/2/1913 p.1 Police quell rioters after football contest TNL 2/3/1918 p.A12 Carlton pleases him (Carroll Davis purchases bldg.) T.Times 8/25/1925 Many interesting features are noted in Hotel Carlton pictures (il,interior il) TNT 1/10/1949 p.1 Jail three in holdup TNT 4/7/1949 Carlton Hotel property sold (purchased by Frank Magrini) TNT 5/23/1950 p.4 (alterations by C.F. Davidson Co., contr.) TNT 10/20/1950 p.17 (permit for alterations taken by Mrs. Dorothy Harridine) TNT 12/16/1951 p.A1 Magrini denies that he ran out (mention that Frank Magrini named the Earle Hotel) TNT 3/2/1952 p.A16 Air raid shelters ... TNT 7/23/1956 p.1 Three injured in two downtown hotel fires TNT 2/15/1957 p.6 Sold to Widbey man (Clifford Toskey purchases bldg. from Frank Magrini) (il) TNT 4/23/1959 p.D5 Man found shot in hotel TNT 1/18/1960 p.9 Woman, four tots survive car run away (il) TNT 3/29/1961 p.A16 Tavern bandit quickly caught with money (incident at the 1555 Broadway Tavern) TNT 8/10/1964 p.21 Fireman hurt in hotel fire; $4,700 loss TNT 3/21/1969 p.A13 Fircrest man found dead in hotel room TNT 2/17/1978 p.C11 Hotel's heat off; elders must move TNT 2/24/1978 Troubled hotel owner to sell the Carlton TNT 3/3/1978 p.A3 Ex-owner takes over hotel TNT 3/7/1978 p.B13 Heat stirs circulation back into listless hotel TNT 5/11/1978 Fire injures hotel resident TNT 11/26/1978 Restoring old glory to hotel TNT 8/10/1979 Morning fire hits Carlton Hotel apartment (il) TNT 11/4/1984 p.I3 Rescue Mission eyes Carlton as new home (il) 307.76 Un3T p.39 338.973 P83Pt 1918 p.62 (il) 720.979 D25R p.19 917.972 Of3P p.4 (interior iI) 917.972 T11Co p.24 (il) 979.7788 AL566T p.36 (il) ----- Carlton Center TNT 8/17/1985 p.F1 (bldg. rehab) TNT 7/25/1992 p.B4 Among office renovations, the Carlton is underappreciated gem TNT 4/15/1993 p.B6 Bates training center makes shrewd moves to downtown site TNT 7/13/2002 p.A1 City buying hotel for more than its worth (for City computer project) (il) T.Weekly 7/19/2002 p.A1 Council approves purchase ... (il) Business Examiner 8/5/2002 p.9 UWT doesn't have designs on Carlton (il) TNT 8/9/2002 p.A3 Public can testify on grant for Carlton Center purchase TNT 7/17/2003 p.A1 Buy, don't lease, Tacoma leaders decide T.Weekly 9/11/2003 p.A1 City defining its role as Carlton landlord T.Daily Index 10/1/2003 p.1 City looking at plans for future of Carlton Center (il) TNT 10/16/2003 p.A1 Deal mars city's audit TNT 10/22/2003 p.B1 Tacoma owns building, but workers can't use it; Federal deal came with caveats ... T.Weekly 10/23/2003 p.A1 City struggles with role as Carlton landlord (il) TNT 6/15/2004 p.A1 Developer might buy Carlton, then donate it (to UWT) TNT 6/26/2004 p.B1 Carlton attracts new offer TNT 6/30/2004 p.B1 Council picks Roberson as Carlton's new owner TNT 7/28/2004 p.B1 Carlton Center sale completed T.Daily Index 3/8/2010 p.1 Tacoma's homeless "Goddess of Commerce" ... atop Carlton Center Building? (il) T.Daily Index 3/18/2010 p.1 LPC rejects "Goddess of Commerce" proposal (il) TNT 5/7/2017 p.A1 "Prince of Preservation" ...
  • Year Built: 1909
  • Decade Built: 1900s