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- 2 images. Washington State Historical Society Geo. W. Bullard, arch. Westerfield & Van Buskirk, contr. -cornerstone laid 2/4/1911 -dedicated 10/7/1911 -additions c.1916,1973 -bldg. became the Washington State History Research Center in 1996 (after the new Washington State History Museum opened at 1911 Pacific Ave.) -partial plans at TPL SEE ALSO: TPL Catalog/Clipping File TDL 11/15/1908 p.9 Minstrel show netted $1,400 (fund raising) TDL 7/17/1910 p.7 Ferry Museum secures site TDL 9/25/1910 p.38 (il) TDL 12/4/1910 p.40 Start state building soon TDL 2/1/1911 p.9 Historical Society to lay cornerstone TDN 2/4/1911 Crowd attends cornerstone laying TDL 2/5/1911 p.4 Cornerstone of building is laid TDL 2/26/1911 p.36 Begins to rise above Stadium TDL 4/16/1911 p.44 Stadium group to be enlarged TDL 6/18/1911 p.9 Historical building formally accepted TDN 10/7/1911 p.4 Throw museum open to public today TDL 10/8/1911 p.38 State museum is dedicated TDL 9/29/1912 p.1 Museum to have Memorial Hall (sketch of proposed addition) TDL 6/15/1913 p.19 Plans drawn for big heating plant (Bullard & Hill, arch.) TDL 9/28/1913 p.2 Hopes Mrs. Leary will change mind (benefactor withdraws support for Memorial Hall) TDL 1/25/1914 Anniversary Edition p.23 (sketch of proposed addition) TDL 5/24/1914 p.32 Will erect new museum building (proposed addition by Bullard & Hill, arch.) TDL 11/15/1914 p.17 Ferry Museum unit concrete work started TDL 7/4/1915 p.23 Awards contract for new building (annex by M.J. Westerfield, contr.) TDL 8/15/1915 p.23 (addition by John Wallin, contr.) TDL 10/24/1915 p.24 Club women to have place in new hall (Grand South Hall) TDN 12/10/1915 Building for which cornerstone of new unit will be laid tomorrow (Grand South Hall) (sketch) TDL 12/12/1915 p.5 Cornerstone laid for Ferry Museum addition (Bullard & Hill, arch. and Jos. Hansen, contr.) TDL 7/30/1916 p.24 (il of addition under construction) TNL 10/22/1916 p.20 (interior il of South Hall) TNL 12/10/1916 p.34 (interior il of Henry Hewitt, Jr. Hall) TNL 5/27/1917 p.9 Dedicate hall at Ferry Museum (South Hall) TDL 6/15/1919 p.A9 Porch to be built on Ferry Museum (G.W. Bullard, arch.) TDL 6/29/1919 p.A6 Plan stone portico for State Museum TDL 4/1/1926 p.1 Capture museum prowler TDL 8/5/1930 p.1 Plan museum addition here TDL 5/15/1932 p.C3 Corner Club will plant tree Sunday (Thomas Hayward Memorial Tree) TDL 9/13/1936 p.B9 Plan expansion of museum building TDL 11/15/1936 p.A2 Bids asked on addition for museum (Mock & Morrison, arch.) T.Times 11/16/1936 Ask bids for museum work; picture gallery to be added to historical building TDL 3/21/1937 p.B8 Art room being built at museum (third story addition) T.Times 3/30/1937 Bonney "helps" on new building (il) TNT 3/25/1945 p.A11 Addition for museum after war (Mock & Morrison, arch.) TNT 10/5/1945 p.6 Plan tree ceremony (cone from the "Lone Pine" of Grays Harbor to be planted) TNT 10/7/1945 p.A7 Survey tree is planted TNT 7/9/1946 Landscaping is novel gift TNT 3/26/1948 p.14 (permit for elevator shaft) TNT 7/3/1949 p.A3 2nd alcove in museum; first territorial governor honored TNT 2/25/1951 First museum here founded by Col. Ferry (il) TNT 4/8/1951 p.A1 To enlarge museum TNT 4/29/1951 p.A7 Liberty statue here TNT 5/20/1951 p.B1 Plan Statue of Liberty (Geo. Ball, age 12, wins design contest for base) (il) TNT 7/5/1951 p.D3 City will light liberty statue TNT 7/8/1951 p.D11 Liberty statue replica to be unveiled July 14 TNT 7/14/1951 p.1 Impressive ceremony TNT 7/15/1951 p.A1 Miss Liberty unveiled at Tacoma rites (il) TNT 11/4/1951 p.A8 Historical Society notes anniversary (il) TNT 2/21/1954 p.A1 Historical building entered, $28.25 taken TNT 1/7/1957 p.1 Rusty wheels foil theft of cannon (il) TNT 6/2/1957 p.A10 School kids flock to visit Historical Society (il) TNT 8/9/1957 p.17 $50 window smashed by vandals TNT 11/6/1958 p.A7 Old gun stolen from Museum TNT 7/30/1959 p.B1 Gift will aid beautification at museum TNT 4/9/1961 New museum wing design contest set (il of cornerstone laying ceremony in 1911) TNT 4/12/1961 p.D10 Arbor Day gift for museum (il of Osmaria plant) TNT 4/20/1961 p.C8 Museum here gets 40 new rose bushes TNT 11/2/1961 p.B9 Shrine will be place in museum (shrine from Tacoma's sister city, Kokura, Japan) TNT 3/29/1962 p.A1 Shinto Shrine will be placed beside museum TNT 5/6/1962 p.A1 Society grounds home for shrine; Shinto gift is sister-city reminder (il) TNT 5/11/1962 Shinto shrine dedication to be Sunday TNT 5/14/1962 p.1 Shinto shrine from Kokura dedicated (il) TNT 5/29/1962 Shinto shrine will be placed beside museum TNT 9/9/1962 New roof (for storage bldg.) TNT 9/9/1962 p.B3 New roof (il of storage bldg. housing the boiler of the ship Beaver) TNT 8/20/1964 p.1 State Historical Society plans $800,000 wing (sketch) TNT 7/23/1967 Historical Society gets building fund TNT 8/31/1967 p.B14 Priceless museum collection must be kept under cover (interior il) TNT 8/30/1970 Museum move forecast if drive fails TNT 1/7/1971 p.D11 Work to start in spring on $1 million museum wing (Lea, Pearson & Richards, arch.) TNT 2/7/1971 ... wing planned soon (sketch) TNT 4/29/1973 A new wing at state museum (il) TNT 9/30/1973 New wing to state museum ready for opening (interior il) TNT 10/7/1973 Museum's new wing dedicated TNT 12/15/1974 Time Machine; State Historical Society museum preserves our past (il) TNT 1/26/1977 p.A6 New museum entrance planned (il) TNT 8/6/1978 More will meet the eye inside new museum doors (remodeling by C.E. Skinner, Inc., contr.) TNT 2/3/1979 p.A3 Dedication today for Cheney Hall (Ben B. Cheney Hall) TTNT 2/18/1979 Ghosts in Tacoma? It's no laughing matter TNT 11/17/1986 "Statue of Liberty" stolen outside of Tacoma museum (il) TNT 11/20/1986 p.B1 Lady Liberty's back after short fling TNT 10/31/1988 p.Bl Ghost story TNT 9/24/1995 A home for history (il) TNT 12/15/1997 p.B2 Looking back (il in 1913) TNT 12/21/2008 p.E1 Treasures in the attic (feature article) (il,interior il) 071 F779F 12/31/1910 (sketch); 2/1/1913 p.1 State Historical Building and Ferry Museum (sketch); 5/6/1916 p.7 (sketch of proposed addition); 6/2/1917 p.1 Dedication Number of the Grand South Hall (interior il) 917.97 W851G (addition c.1973 by Lea, Pearson & Richards, arch.) 979.7 M132W 979.7788 K355T p.114 (il) Stadium-Seminary Historic District Nomination Form
- Year Built: 1911
- Decade Built: 1910s
- Style: Neo-Classical Revival