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BOWEN TPL-485

ca. 1927. The Walker Apartments at 6th Ave. & St. Helens, under construction in 1927. Robert Walker of the Walker Cut Stone Co. hired Tacoma architect Roland E. Borhek to design the building faced with Wilkeson Sandstone. It was the first apartment building in the Northwest built with a stone exterior. Owners Robert & Glenda MacMahon were successful in placing the building on both the Tacoma and National Register of Historic Places in 1995. (TDL 11/6/1927, pg. 2-3B)

BOWEN TPL-7545

N Yakima Avenue at N Carr Street, looking west up the small hill, taken on January 16, 1927. Grassy strip on the right with small bare trees and lamppost. Paved street at center turns up an incline; houses on both sides.

BOWEN 310-189

The North End home of Edwin and Elizabeth Gregory was built in 1929 by Heath, Gove & Bell, architects. It was constructed of stucco with a tile roof and had a wide extended driveway. Mr. Gregory was a leading furniture manufacturer who would pass away in January of 1937.

BOWEN TPL-6930

ca. 1936. Residence at 4339 So. Park Ave., Tacoma, circa 1936. Picture taken for Johns-Manville "siding job." The home was built around 1911 by Keystone Lumber Co.

BOWEN TPL-6936

ca. 1937. Residence of Walter E. & Josephine C. Turrell, 406 No. 6th St., Tacoma. The Dutch colonial styled home located at No. 6th & D was built in 1891 for Mr. Turrell. Architects were listed as Nichols & Crothers and H.S. Kissam.

BOWEN TPL-6933

ca. 1938. House at 809 No. C St., Tacoma. Photograph taken for A. E. Grafton. The Colonial style home was built in 1926 for Andrew H. Cochran. A.E. Anderson was the contractor. In 1938, the home was purchased by John W. Prins.

BOWEN TPL-6919

ca. 1938. A. E. Grafton Homes. Photographer's records list it as #1 Rosemont Way, Frank Hickey. Identified as being 2 Rosemount Way; 1908 Colonial belonging to John T. Hickey, designed by Bullard & Hill.

BOWEN TPL-6968

Drawing of the modern English-styled home of John H. Abeel. The circa 1927 Stadium area residence was located at 815 No. G St. and was designed by the architectural firm of Heath, Gove & Bell. The lstately arge home had three levels and a basement.