In March of 1922, the building at 821-23 Pacific Avenue that previously housed the "American Players" and the Hippodrome movie palace was being remodeled into market space. The $15,000 remodel would convert the first floor into a modern public market, the second into a dance hall and the third into lodge rooms. It would be ready for occupancy by the middle of April. The structure was originally constructed around 1905 by the Sullivan and Considine vaudeville circuit and opened as the "Grand Theater," one of the most luxurious vaudeville houses in the country. By 1921, the theater was being utilized by the Wiethoff & Carlson "American Stock Co." as a legitimate playhouse. In 1922, it became the movie palace "The Hippodrome." Planned alterations to the building included the cutting of windows on the 9th Street side and the building of a staircase entrance to the upper floor from that street. (address also includes 115 So. 9th St.) (TDL 2/26/1922, pg. 1) Boland B5614, BU-11122

Hippodrome Building (Tacoma);