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934-36 BROADWAY, TACOMA

  • 5 images. S.H. Kress & Co. E.J.T. Hoffman (New York), arch. Austin Co., contr. E.R. Campbell, supt. of construction -walls/foundation from the Wheeler Bldg. may have been used in the construction of the Kress Bldg. -opened 10/16/1925 -remodeled in 1957 -Kress store closed in 1972 -plans at TPL
  • TDL 3/15/1924 p.1 Broadway sale sets high mark ... will erect $100,000 structure
  • TDL 5/17/1925 p.E10 Old building to be razed on Broadway
  • TDL 8/30/1925 p.A12 Rush work for opening of building
  • TDL 10/16/1925 p.3 Kress opening set for today (interior il)
  • TDL 6/9/1927 p.1 $900 holdup in Kress store
  • TDL 10/18/1936 p.A1 $500 loot in Kress holdup
  • TNT 2/12/1937 Old landmark moved (old Burnett Bros. Jewelry Store street clock moved from 936 Broadway to 924 Broadway)
  • TNT 11/24/1957 p.C16 Kress remodeling (Lyle Swedberg, arch.) (sketch)
  • TNT 8/13/1958 p.A8-A11 Brand new Kress Store hangs latchstring out (remodeling in baked enamel by G. Kirkebo & Son, Inc, contr.) (il,interior il)
  • TNT 4/10/1959 p.D2 Kress presents Tacoma's nationally famous hit recording artists "The Wailers"
  • TNT 10/2/1994 p.SL11 Kress impressed style on Tacoma 725.2 N213G p.106 (il) ----- Selden's Home Furnishings -opened in the Fall of 1975, the first major new store on Broadway Plaza
  • TNT 9/9/1979 p.A8 Selden's Broadway Plaza store to close in 3 weeks ----- Children's Museum of Tacoma
  • TNT 3/30/1996 p.A1 Tacoma Children's Museum finds room to grow (former Kress Bldg. to be remodeled for museum by Stephen Wong, arch.) (sketch)
  • TNT 5/1/1996 p.A1 Imagining the centers of culture in Tacoma 2010
  • TNT 2/2/1997 p.D1 Room to grow; Children's Museum invites public into spacious new home (interior il) GTWY 2/5/1997 p.B1 For kids' sake
  • TNT 3/20/1999 p.SL7 Art classes are being CAST in a new light at new address (Community Arts School of Tacoma)
  • TNT 7/14/2000 p.D1 New life for ... (to be remodeled)
  • TNT 12/19/2000 p.D1 Development downtown starts at crucial corner (improvements by Capital Connection)
  • TNT 10/11/2005 p.B1 Dreams of grandeur deferred (proposed as home for the Asia Pacific Cultural Center) T.Daily Index 2/23/2006 p.1 Kress Building gets historic nod from City (il) Business Examiner 3/6/2006 p.27 Tacoma buildings find new life with government, retail tenants (United States Geological Survey (USGS) takes space on second floor) T.Weekly 3/30/2006 p.A3 ... added to historic register
  • TNT 10/4/2009 p.E1 Arty potties (interior il of wall mural by artist Heidi Reidman)
  • TNT 3/27/2010 p.A1 Museum for kids finds new home ----- -print at TPL (General Coll., Richards Coll. #A116041-1, A116041-7, D109758-3)
  • Year Built: 1925
  • Decade Built: 1920s
  • On City Historic Register

934-36 BROADWAY, TACOMA

  • 5 images. Wheeler Bldg. Proctor & Dennis, arch. John C. Lillis, contr. -occupants included: Sherman, Clay & Co., Andrews Jewelry Co., Burnett Bros. Jewelry Store, New York Waist House, LaCrosse Hotel, Dawson's Millinery, Bass-Hueter Paint Co. -walls/foundation of bldg. may have been used in construction of the Kress Bldg. on the site in 1925
  • TDL 6/19/1889 p.4 (mention)
  • TDL 1/1/1890 p.9 permits
  • TDL 6/3/1906 p.19 (alterations by Frank Snyder contr.)
  • TDL 7/8/1906 p.10 In their new home (Sherman, Clay & Co.)
  • TDL 10/4/1908 p.10 (opera stars to make personal appearance at Sherman, Clay & Co.)
  • TDL 5/5/1915 p.10 (grand opening of Andrews Jewelry Co.) (interior il)
  • TDL 12/1/1918 p.D6 (il of Burnett Bros. Jewelry Store street clock)
  • TDL 9/21/1919 p.B5 Broadway store to be remodeled for waist house (remodeling for New York Waist House by Sutton, Whitney & Dugan, arch.), partial plans at TPL, digitized
  • TDL 10/12/1919 p.B5 (C.A. Beil, contr. for remodeling)
  • TDL 11/30/1919 p.A14 New waist shop opens it doors
  • TDL 3/16/1924 p.B5 $125,000 property will be $100,000 store site (bldg. to be demolished to make way for S.H. Kress & Co. Bldg.) (il)
  • TDL 1/4/1925 p.E8 (il)
  • TDL 1/18/1925 p.A2 (il)
  • TDL 3/8/1925 p.E10 To start razing block
  • TNT 2/12/1937 Old landmark moved (Burnett Bros. street clock moved from site to 924 Broadway) 363.37 T142O p.63 (account of fire at Bass-Hueter Paint Co. on 8/14/1923) 917.972 T11Cta p.85 (il of Emerson & Wood)
  • Year Built: 1889
  • Decade Built: 1880s
  • Demolished: 1925