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924-26 BROADWAY, TACOMA

  • 14 images. Pythian Temple / Commencement Lodge No.7, Knights of Pythias Frederick Heath, arch. Cowan & Black, contr. -cornerstone laid 7/31/1906 -dedicated 5/21/1907 -added to National Register 8/23/1985 -added to Tacoma Register by Resolution No.29962, 3/29/1988 -store front occupants included: Morris-Gross Co., Chamber Millinery, New York Outfitting Co., Boston Sample Shoe Store, Weinstein's Apparel, Burnett Bros. Jewelry Store, African American Museum TDN 2/6/1906 p.9 Pythians will build four-story block on C Street
  • TDL 3/25/1906 p.18 (mention of plans)
  • TDL 5/20/1906 p.19 Bids will be opened Monday (also description of novel method of tearing down structures on the site)
  • TDL 6/10/1906 p.19 (contract let)
  • TDL 7/8/1906 p.20 New Pythian Temple ("most elaborate and perfectly finished lodge building in the West") (sketch) TDN 7/28/1906 p.3 (feature article,sketch)
  • TDL 7/29/1906 p.9 Notable event for Pythians (cornerstone to be laid)
  • TDL 7/31/1906 p.2 Cornerstone put in place TDN 10/20/1906 p.24 (interior il) TDN 1/5/1907 p.20 (il under construction)
  • TDL 5/19/1907 p.34 Pacific Coast whist players will gather (new club rooms in the bldg.) p.36 Dedicate new Tacoma temple
  • TDL 5/22/1907 p.8 Knights of Pythias dedicate magnificient temple
  • TDL 6/6/1907 p.11 (Morris-Gross Co. opens in bldg.) TDN 9/7/1907 p.2 (interior il)
  • TDL 5/17/1908 p.14 Temple dining room has cup collection
  • TDL 9/6/1908 p.21 (new furniture by Lindstrom-Berg of Tacoma)
  • TDL 12/27/1914 p.2 Aeroplane heralds coming of St. Nick (interior il)
  • TDL 2/14/1915 p.40 (interior il)
  • TDL 12/5/1915 p.1 Fire destroys millinery stock (fire in bldg. in Chamber's Millinery)
  • TDL 3/27/1917 p.2 Pioneer contractor built Pythian Hall (obituary of Albert S. Black) TNL 8/26/1917 p.24 Brightens Broadway with a new front (new store front for N.Y. Outfitting Co. / Boston Sample Shoe Store by P. Honish, contr.) TNL 9/16/1917 p.4 (l of store front)
  • TDL 10/24/1920 p.D8 Tacoma Knights of Pythias celebrate 38th birthday (il,interior il)
  • TDL 3/23/1924 p.E10 Broadway shop is remodeled (remodeling for New York Outfitting Co. at 926 Broadway by H.W. Holmes, interior decorator)
  • TDL 10/19/1924 p.B1 Pythians proud of beautiful quarters (interior il)
  • TDL 3/23/1930 p.A6 Adding to Broadway's blaze of lights (il of Weinstein's Apparel at 926 Broadway)
  • TDL 2/12/1937 p.5 Burnett opening is today (interior il of Burnett Bros. Jewelry Store at 924 Broadway)
  • TNT 2/12/1937 Old landmark moved (Burnett Bros. street clock moved to 924 Broadway from 936 Broadway)
  • TDL 2/13/1937 p.10 New Burnett store opens ...
  • TNT 10/14/1937 p.1 Boys rob jewelry window T.Times 5/3/1939 p.11 In business 41 years (interior il of Burnett Bros. Jewelry Store)
  • TNT 4/30/1941 p.15 Birthday sale starts (il of Burnett Bros. Jewelry Store at 924 Broadway)
  • TNT 5/1/1941 p.15 Birthday sale starts (il) T.Times 5/7/1942 (interior il of Burnett Bros. Jewelry Store)
  • TNT 10/27/1948 p.15 Fifty years in business (interior il of Burnett Bros. Jewelry Store) T.Times 10/28/1948 (il)
  • TNT 11/3/1955 p.A8 Pay Less Drug opens annex toy department (interior il)
  • TNT 1/24/1960 p.B4 Facelifting due for 3 local stores
  • TNT 4/13/1960 p.A7 Remodeled Burnett store opening set (interior il)
  • TNT 6/9/1963 p.B6 Old-new organ (organ renovated by R. Byard Fritts) (interior il)
  • TNT 4/4/1965 p.B7 Pay Less expands downtown (il)
  • TNT 5/25/1975 Pythian Temple (sketch)
  • TNT 8/2/1981 Little-noticed Pythian Temple architectural delight (il)
  • TNT 10/19/1981 ... to celebrate centennial Sunday
  • TNT 5/16/1986 p.B6 Pythian Temple stands test of time (interior il)
  • TNT 3/31/1988 A temple of history (bldg. placed on Tacoma Register of Historic Places) (interior il)
  • TNT 12/16/1988 p.A1 Demolition reveals real deal (il of advertising found on side wall of bldg.)
  • TNT 4/23/1989 p.E4 Old Pythian lodge hall open for public tours (il)
  • TNT 10/3/1989 Tacoma's hallowed hideway (interior il of "Castle Hall")
  • TNT 6/12/1994 p.I8 Knights of Pythias tours offer pure time travel
  • TNT 10/11/1997 p.B1 More room to show and tell; African American museum moves into bigger quarters (museum takes space at 925 Court C) (interior il) Senior Scene Nov. 1997 p.5 African American museum relocates T.Weekly 11/13/1997 p.2 African American Museum reopens T.Weekly 4/26/2002 p.A7 Tacoma Historic Home Tour (il)
  • TNT 5/6/2004 p.B1 It's worth honoring those who helped Tacoma buildings worth saving
  • TNT 10/14/2005 p.A1 Museum's artworks go on the auction block ... selling most of its collection and closing; new organization will try to carry on
  • TNT 10/17/2005 p.B1 Legal debt makes museum history
  • TNT 12/18/2005 p.E1 Tacoma ghost sign tour (il)
  • TNT 6/5/2006 p.A1 A treasure to share (interior il)
  • TNT 6/23/2007 p.D1 Grants, contributions mean $6,000 more for Pythian lodge Business Examiner 6/25/2007 p.33 Building interiors just as artistic, historic as exterior (il) T.Daily Index 6/25/2007 p.1 Local grants will help restore Knights of Pythias Hall (il) T.Weekly 7/5/2007 p.A7 Planning underway for restoration of Knights of Pythias Hall T.Weekly 11/12/2009 p.A6 Book smarts to street smarts; new downtown middle school ... (Seabury Middle School takes space in building) (interior il) T.Daily Index 6/3/2011 p.1 City honors historic preservation leaders (il) T.Daily Index 4/17/2012 p.1 Winter weather damages Tacoma's historic Knights of Pythias temple
  • TNT 2/15/2013 p.GO18 Come for the fashion, stay for the view (fundraiser) T.Daily Index 2/26/2014 p.1 City honors Tacoma's Knights of Pythias (il) 720.28 T119TR p.72-73 (rehab c.1979-84) (il) 917.97 W52W 1907 (il) 979.72 H91 Vol.II p.224 979.778 H628H Vol.I p.87 (interior il)
  • Year Built: 1907
  • Decade Built: 1900s
  • On City National Historic Register
  • Style: Italian Renaissance Revival

924-26 BROADWAY, TACOMA

  • 14 images. Built circa 1884 Knights of Pythias Harry O. Ball, contr. -site purchased by the Knights of Pythias c.1882, leased to H.O. Ball who built a skating rink, which was later occupied by the Tacoma Guard Armory, Freeman Livery Stable, McLean Bros., Knights of Pythias Hall
  • TDL 9/22/1887 p.5 (history of bldg., tenants) 979.72 H91 Vol.I p.260 (il c.1891) p.333
  • Year Built: 1884
  • Decade Built: 1880s
  • Demolished: c1905