Mayor Harold Tollefson exchanged smiles with Julie Reihm in March of 1965, as she was made an honorary citizen of Tacoma. Ms. Reihm, 20, had just presented the mayor with a proclamation making him an honorary citizen of Disneyland. She was a special Disneyland Ambassador who was touring the country to publicize the amusement park's 10th anniversary. Ms. Reihm also made Mayor Tollefson an honorary member of the Anaheim City Council and bestowed upon him a free one-year pass to Disneyland and an official Disneyland color book. In return, the mayor made Ms. Reihm an honorary Tacoma citizen. G67.1-154 (TNT 3-24-65, A-10-article & alternate photograph)
Mayors--Tacoma--1960-1970; Tollefson, Harold M., 1908-1985; Reihm, Julie; Guests--Tacoma--1960-1970;
ca. 1954. Copy of customer print. A. Gordon Lumm was named the architect for the new County-City Building in May, 1953, after much discussion. His basic plan for the new offices was officially approved a year later. His architectural drawing shows the County-City Building facing Tacoma Avenue South; it is across the street from the Tacoma Public Library. The building would be a modern twelve story structure of aluminum and glass. It took quite a while for it to be completed; the new County-City Building was formally dedicated on April 10, 1959. The building debt was retired in July, 1977. Photograph ordered by Fentron Industries.
Architectural drawings; County-City Building (Tacoma);
Building construction continues slowly on the new County-City Building at 930 Tacoma Avenue South in April, 1957. After many years of argument and delay, construction finally began in July, 1956. It would not be completed until 1959, and dedicated in April of that year. View of concrete slip at the building site; forms are in place. The building would eventually be 12 stories high. A glimpse of the old County Court House can be seen; the Romanesque building of grey freestone would be used until the new building was complete and then torn down for a parking lot. Photograph ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association.
County-City Building (Tacoma); Building construction--Tacoma--1950-1960; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma);
Holroyd Co. cement mixers are on hand at the site of the new County-City Building on 9th and Tacoma Avenue South in April, 1957. Concrete forms are in place as work slowly progresses. Although voters had approved building joint city and county offices in November, 1952, it was not until July, 1956, that construction actually began. Delays occurred as site selections were debated, property condemned, architectural choices argued, and administrative officials scrapped. The County-City building would eventually top off at 12 stories and be dedicated on April 10, 1959. Photograph ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association.
County-City Building (Tacoma); Building construction--Tacoma--1950-1960; Progress photographs; Concrete mixers; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma);
View of County-City Building ordered by Fentron Industries, Seattle. The modern County-City Building stands nearly completed on September 19, 1958, a stark contrast to the Old City Hall that it will be replacing. The main tower would be twelve stories high: ten for office space, basement storage and a penthouse used for mechanical equipment and a lunchroom. This particular shot was taken by a Richards Studio photographer who apparently climbed to the third floor of the Old Courthouse located to the rear of the new facility.
Electrical contractor Carl T. Madsen and Mort Anderson study blueprints in front of the new County-City Building on March 21, 1959. The building was designed by A. Gordon Lumm. architect, and the general contractor was the Macdonald Building Co.
County-City Building (Tacoma); Courthouses--Tacoma--1950-1960; Madsen, Carl T.; Anderson, Mort; Blueprints;
Nine men pose outside the newly completed County-City Building on March 21, 1959. Two of the men are believed to be electrical contractor Carl T. Madsen and Mort Anderson. The County-City Building would be dedicated on April 10, 1959, nearly seven years after voters approved its construction.
County-City Building (Tacoma); Courthouses--Tacoma;
Northerly aerial view of County-City Building and downtown business district taken on October 4, 1969. County-City Building is in center of photograph; the Washington National Guard Armory is separated from the County-City Building by large parking lot. Part of the Tacoma Public Library can be glimpsed across the street on Tacoma Ave. So. from the County-City Building. McDonald's and Central School are just north of the county and city offices. Medical Arts Building is Art Deco structure on Market far right of photograph. Commencement Bay is body of water with Brown's Point in background. Photograph ordered by Whitacre Engineers.
Aerial views; County-City Building (Tacoma); Tacoma Public Library (Tacoma); State Armory (Tacoma); Central School (Tacoma); McDonald's (Tacoma); Medical Arts Building (Tacoma); Parking lots--Tacoma--1960-1970;
On April 10, 1959, the new 9 1/2 million dollar County-City Building was dedicated. The raised square stand in front of the building was seating for dignitaries and speakers such as County Commissioner Harry Sprinker, Tacoma Mayor Ben Hanson and Washington State Governor Albert Rosellini, as well as others. The sidewalks and street in front of the building were thronged with people and office workers watched out the windows. The Pacific Lutheran College Choir of the West, under the direction of Gunnar J. Malmin, sang for the ceremony. The eleven story glass and aluminum edifice was designed by A. Gordon Lumm. It stretched over two city blocks. It replaced the old City Hall, old County Courthouse, old Police Station and the old County City Health Department. (TNT 4/9/1959, pg. 1 & 4/10/1959, pg. 1) TPL-3848
County-City Building (Tacoma); Dedications--Tacoma--1950-1960; Building dedications--Tacoma--1950-1960; Crowds--Tacoma; Choirs (Music);
Miss Tacoma Home Show, Gerry Gennow, along with developer Boyd Lundstrom, paid a visit to Mayor Harold Tollefson's office on March 4, 1964. Mayor Tollefson, seated, was in the process of cheerfully signing some paperwork pertaining to the Home Show, an annual event which featured goods and services for homeowners by local businesses. Photograph ordered by KTAC.
Greater Tacoma Home Show (Tacoma); Tollefson, Harold M., 1908-1985; Mayors--Tacoma--1960-1970; Gennow, Geraldine; Beauty contestants--Tacoma--1960-1970; Lundstrom, Boyd;
ca. 1965. 1965 Stock footage. The County-City Building's law enforcement section looks quite a bit different in 2004 than it did in 1965. The four-story wing that housed the Tacoma Police Department and Pierce County Sheriff's Department was completed last after the twelve story central structure and court wing. Each police department had its own jail capable of holding 140 prisoners. Designed for maximum security, the new building also was a more comfortable and spacious environment for the city, county and federal prisoners it housed. This 1965 photograph was taken from about So. 9th & Tacoma Ave. So., looking southwesterly.
County-City Building (Tacoma); Courthouses--Tacoma; Jails--Tacoma;
15 images. County-City Bldg. A. Gordon Lumm, arch. Macdonald Bldg. Co., contr. -aluminum and glass -12 stories, 167 ft. -plans at TPL -approved by voters 11/4/1952 -construction started 7/25/1956 -dedicated 4/10/1959 -bldg. debt retired in July 1977 -addition (court facilities wing) built in 1988 -metal detectors installed at entrances in 1994 -for the City and Pierce County Jail SEE: 701 NOLLMEYER LANE SEE ALSO: TPL Catalog/Clipping File
TDL 4/20/1928 p.1 City-County building idea is suggested
TDL 9/29/1929 p.A4 City-County Building seen as future Tacoma project
TDL 6/13/1937 p.A1 Does city need new city hall (sketch of bldg. proposed for site)
TNT 5/2/1939 p.1 Big public building reviewed; need for County-City structure argued
TNT 9/11/1949 p.A1 Officials again talk City- County Building
TNT 11/23/1949 p.1 Plan bond issue for city hall
TNT 12/17/1949 p.3 Fawcett appeals for new building
TNT 1/22/1950 p.1 New County-City building favored (plan endorsed by the Tacoma Metal Trades Council)
TNT 6/2/1950 p.D1 City-County Bldg. group enlarged
TNT 6/22/1950 p.D4 Drop city hall plan
TNT 12/21/1951 p.1 City-County Bldg. on ballot to be aim
TNT 1/29/1952 p.16 County-City site sought
TNT 2/27/1952 p.6 County-City project up
TNT 3/26/1952 p.24 Architect fee fixed
TNT 4/2/1952 p.A9 City joins with County T.Reporter 8/6/1952 p.2 Architects ready drawings for City-County Building T.Reporter 8/8/1952 p.1 City-County Building plans win approval (sketch of proposal) T.Star 8/14/1952 County committee being named (sketch of proposal)
TNT 8/14/1952 p.30 C-C Building advisers picked
TNT 8/19/1952 p.1 Lay committee to plan ...
TNT 8/26/1952 p.1 County-City site to await election
TNT 9/3/1952 p.14 Ask choice of 38th St.
TNT 9/5/1952 p.18 County-City issue cited (il of bldg. committee chair Arthur H. Brouse) p.29 Would use present site
TNT 9/6/1952 p.1 Site choice delay urged
TNT 9/12/1952 p.1 Put civic building on ballot
TNT 9/18/1952 p.C9 County-City building on ballot Nov. 4 T.Star 9/21/1952 A.H. Brouse is chosen head of lay group T.Star 9/4/1952 Chamber of Commerce favors bonds
TNT 9/5/1952 County-City issue cited
TNT 9/12/1952 Put civic building on ballot T.Star 9/25/1952 Money will pay structure cost on level site
TNT 11/12/1953 p.A1 CC Building will face Tacoma Av.; church is problem
TNT 11/15/1953 p.A1 County-City Building site (aerial il)
TNT 11/25/1953 p.2 Joint County-City jail seen as real tax-saver
TNT 12/7/1953 p.1 C-C bond sale bids called
TNT 12/8/1953 p.1 County soon to buy land
TNT 1/7/1954 p.D3 C-C Building cost division is submitted
TNT 1/11/1954 p.1 C-C bond bids to be opened
TNT 1/13/1954 p.1 Bidding error loses deal on county bonds
TNT 1/20/1954 p.1 Officials at odds on new C-C Building
TNT 1/24/1954 p.A1 County and city differ on building
TNT 1/26/1954 p.1 Council still balks at plan for C-C Bldg.
TNT 1/28/1954 p.A1 City-County impasse over building ends
TNT 2/4/1954 County-City writing camp (signing of first of 6,000 bonds)
TNT 2/9/1954 p.1 ... site value set at $600,000
TNT 2/10/1954 p.1 Bond signing job concluded
TNT 3/11/1954 p.A1 City, County to review joint building plans
TNT 3/12/1954 p.1 C-C Building plans to have $5,000 survey
TNT 3/14/1954 p.A1 $612,000 is offered for co-city site
TNT 3/16/1954 p.1 City demands new plan on C-C Building
TNT 3/30/1954 p.12 Garden clubs demand space
TNT 4/6/1954 p.15 More plans sought for City-County Building
TNT 4/12/1954 p.1 Council to get new plans
TNT 4/13/1954 p.1 County-City site property condemned
TNT 4/14/1954 p.A1 Experts scan County-City Building plans
TNT 4/15/1954 p.D4 C-C Building review on
TNT 4/16/1954 p.1 ... plans OKd by experts
TNT 4/18/1954 p.A1 Here is basic plan ... (sketch)
TNT 4/19/1954 p.14 County board OKs survey on building p.15 County-City site owners will meet
TNT 4/20/1954 p.1 Council raps building plan T.Star 4/22/1954 Owners protest C-C offer
TNT 4/27/1954 p.1 Council still bitter over joint tenancy
TNT 5/3/1954 p.1 Basic plan of C-C Building officially OKd
TNT 5/4/1954 p.1 Showdown due as City Dads reject plans
TNT 5/11/1954 p.1 City eyes utilities building
TNT 5/12/1954 p.B3 City clarifies stand on building controversy
TNT 5/19/1954 p.14 City-County debate mild
TNT 5/20/1954 p.A1 End hinted to County, City row
TNT 5/21/1954 p.A1 County-City feud eases in new plan
TNT 5/22/1954 p.5 Sprinker tells County's side in building issue
TNT 5/23/1954 p.A1 County-City differences on building unresolved (sketch) p.A3 Walk in rain likely at Co.-City Building
TNT 5/26/1954 p.C10 New delay on C-C structure
TNT 5/29/1954 p.1 Mayor deplores lack of County cooperation
TNT 5/30/1954 p.A7 City hall tower might add C-C Building touch (sketch)
TNT 6/2/1954 p.9 Judges dislike changed plan ...
TNT 6/3/1954 p.A1 County offers building plan
TNT 6/4/1954 p.D8 City officials cool to new building plan
TNT 6/15/1954 p.3 County-City Bldg. cost set at $5,994,300
TNT 6/22/1954 p.15 Council asks for space in south wing
TNT 6/25/1954 p.1 Separate wing for courts held essential
TNT 6/27/1954 p.A1 City, county anxiously await new building OK (il of A. Gordon Lumm)
TNT 6/28/1954 p.1 City told separate wing out of question: Jobless workerspin hopes on C-C structure
TNT 6/29/1954 p.A1 County Dads call C-C delay "political": Battin seeks County post; hits C-C plan
TNT 6/30/1954 p.A1 Building delays cost taxpayers $173 daily
TNT 7/1/1954 p.C12 County votes cash to buy building site
TNT 7/7/1954 p.1 City offers to buy wing of C-C Bldg.
TNT 7/11/1954 p.A10 Candidate's new plan: multi-winged building
TNT 7/13/1954 p.1 City launches plan to build own annex
TNT 7/22/1954 p.A6 Commissioner derides City architect plan
TNT 7/27/1954 p.1 County owns 1/3 of C-C site
TNT 8/10/1954 p.1 City to meet County again on building
TNT 8/16/1954 p.1 County-City confer over new building
TNT 10/12/1954 p.6 Know the facts (campaign ad for Battin for commissioner)
TNT 10/17/1954 p.B7 Know the true facts
TNT 10/19/1954 p.6 Know the true facts
TNT 10/27/1954 p.B5 Dr. Battin gives reply
TNT 11/7/1954 p.A1 Mid-1955 seen for Co-City Building start
TNT 11/16/1954 p.1 Condemnation of Co.-City site starts
TNT 11/17/1954 p.A1 Jury delayed in survey of building site
TNT 11/18/1954 p.A1County nears end of court suits for site
TNT 11/19/1954 p.A1 Jury to rule on site value
TNT 11/25/1954 p.A1 Jury grants $150,000 for church site
TNT 11/28/1954 p.A1 Razing next City- County site chore
TNT 12/21/1954 p.1 "Stalling" on C-C Building lease charged
TNT 12/26/1954 p.A17 This is it (sketch)
TNT 12/30/1954 p.1 County-City dads agree on tenancy
TNT 1/12/1955 p.11 Jail chapel under study
TNT 1/17/1955 p.2 New problems bobbing up on C-C structure
TNT 1/25/1955 p.1 Building site must be clear
TNT 2/7/1955 p.1 ... demolition bids called
TNT 2/25/1955 p.C2 City, County reach accord on building
TNT 3/8/1955 p.1 Demolition bids opened ...
TNT 3/9/1955 p.1 Tacoma firm gets contract (Coast Contractors to demolish bldgs. on site)
TNT 3/15/1955 p.14 Warns against pilfering at building site
TNT 3/19/1955 Co-City site demolition is starting (il)
TNT 3/20/1955 p.A18 Co-City site demolition in starting (il of contr. Walter McHugh of Coast Contractors)
TNT 4/3/1955 p.A10 Bucket bites deep for County-City Building (il of demolition project)
TNT 4/5/1955 p.1 County, City still talking office layout
TNT 4/10/1955 p.C13 County-City Building (sketch)
TNT 4/20/1955 p.29 County lease proposal put under knife
TNT 4/24/1955 p.C7 One down, six to go (il of demolition project)
TNT 4/27/1955 p.A4 C-C leasing arrangement agreed upon County Officer May 1955 p.103 New County-City Building for Pierce County, Tacoma, Washington by Harry Sprinker
TNT 5/8/1955 p.A1 Destruction before construction (il of demolition project) p.A8 War scene? No County-City Bldg site (il)
TNT 6/12/1955 p.A1 Public buys "anything" as buildings razed (aerial il of demolition project)
TNT 6/16/1955 p.A8 County-City lease Okayed
TNT 6/19/1955 p.C14 National Publication tells of C-C Building (County OfficerMagazine, May 1955)
TNT 7/26/1955 p.1 County and City agree on tenancy
TNT 8/1/1955 p.2 County ratifies building lease
TNT 8/16/1955 p.25 City, County to sign pact
TNT 8/17/1955 p.A1 Officials sign lease pact on C-C structure
TNT 8/28/1955 p.A1 No hurricane - County-City site clearance (il of demolition project)
TNT 9/11/1955 p.A1 (il of demolition project)
TNT 9/17/1955 p.1 Down it goes (last bldg. on site, Central Lutheran Church at 1001 So. G St., is demolished) (il)
TNT 12/30/1955 p.1 Construction to start month after award; revised architect's drawing (sketch)
TNT 2/7/1956 p.14 Tough steel picked fo new jail bars
TNT 2/21/1956 p.1 ... bids opened
TNT 2/22/1956 p.1 C-C Bldg. bids exceed 8 millions
TNT 2/23/1956 p.A1 Sprinker determined to build
TNT 2/27/1956 p.1 City may pull out of CC Building
TNT 2/28/1956 p.4 City Council has ball in CC Building problem
TNT 3/1/1956 Officials quiz Lumm ...
TNT 3/2/1956 City Dads to reappraise bldg. dilemma
TNT 3/5/1956 p.1 One negative vote may halt C-C Building plan
TNT 3/6/1956 p.25 Architect to consider fee on building
TNT 3/7/1956 p.A1 Lumm, County agree on fee for building
TNT 3/11/1956 p.A1 County-City Building can and should be constructed now, public officials declare (sketch)
TNT 3/12/1956 p.1 Building fund ordinance to be introduced
TNT 3/13/1956 p.1 Council argues building riddle; City fathers wax hot on measure
TNT 3/14/1956 p.A1 County plan for bldg. "dead duck"
TNT 3/16/1956 p.1 County-City Building is fact-theory problem
TNT 3/18/1956 p.A1 Council due to vote on building tomorrow
TNT 3/20/1956 p.1 Council rejects C-C building plan; financing ordinance voted down (il of demolition project)
TNT 3/21/1956 p.A1 Port aid on CC Building to be asked
TNT 3/22/1956 p.A1 County rejects building bids; Port offer is illegal says law
TNT 3/24/1956 p.1 Tollefson's bldg. plan wins favor
TNT 3/26/1956 City C-C "out" under study
TNT 3/28/1956 p.A1 City breaks silence ...
TNT 3/29/1956 p.A1 "Secret 6" on council get blast
TNT 3/30/1956 p.1 Councilmen deny secret sessions held
TNT 4/12/1956 p.6 State help on C-C Building not sufficient
TNT 4/24/1956 p.1 C-C Building dilemma solved; use present funds, City Dads told
TNT 4/26/1956 p.A1 Council approves building
TNT 5/8/1956 p.1 Lumm ordered to redesign ...
TNT 5/28/1956 p.1 Second call for C-C bids
TNT 6/3/1956 p.A1 County-City Building to be started in July
TNT 7/3/1956 p.2 City-County jail plan to be surveyed
TNT 7/10/1956 p.1 Award to be signed tomorrow
TNT 7/11/1956 p.A1 Contract on C-C Building is awarded
TNT 7/17/1956 p.1 Tollefson asks new bonds for C-C Building
TNT 7/24/1956 p.1 City okays CC Building lease pact
TNT 7/25/1956 p.A1 C-C Building job starts (il)
TNT 8/7/1956 p.1 City Council votes to add 2 stories to C-C Building
TNT 8/8/1956 p.A1 C-C Building to be taller
TNT 8/12/1956 p.B2 C-C Building site readied (il)
TNT 8/14/1956 p.1 City, County to confer on building wing
TNT 8/17/1956 p.1 County-City proposal goes back for study
TNT 9/4/1956 p.1 Bond issue favored for C-C Building wing
TNT 9/8/1956 p.3 Committee takes pulse on C-C wing
TNT 9/14/1956 p.1 C-C edifice bond issue on ballot
TNT 9/30/1956 p.A6 Just the beginning (il of site)
TNT 10/14/1956 p.A1 Still going up (il under construction)
TNT 10/21/1956 Voters will decide (sketch)
TNT 10/25/1956 ... jail space estimated
TNT 10/31/1956 p.A15 Voters will decide (sketch)
TNT 11/4/1956 p.B9 Vote "Yes" on County Proposition No. 1
TNT 11/18/1956 p.A10 C-C Building rising (il under construction)
TNT 11/19/1956 p.A1 Survives 40-foot drop (car crashes into construction site)
TNT 12/16/1956 p.A1 C-C Building progresses (il under construction)
TNT 12/21/1956 p.8 State asks County plans for building Tacoma Daily Index 12/10/2020 p.3 Three new courtrooms and associated spaces completed for County City Building district court
Three young men from Kitakyushu University, the sister university of the University of Puget Sound, receive keys to the City of Tacoma from Mayor Ben Hanson on November 8, 1961. Hiromi Yokota, Shinichi Tanaka and Kazama Tsunomachi were paying a two-week visit to Tacoma. When they departed on November 16, the visitors were presented with Douglas Fir seedlings as a "living reminder" of the Pacific Northwest. TRUEBLOOD 593 (see G51.1-025 for additional photograph of visitors)
Mayor A.L." Slim" Rasmussen, wearing a Tacoma Centennial string tie, with four women and four children in the city council chamber at the County-City Building. Photo ordered by Tacoma O.P.I. ALBUM 14.
Rasmussen, Albert Lawrence; Mayors--Tacoma--1960-1970;
County-City Building. Close-up view of the County-City Building with two its wings - law enforcement on the left and courts on the right with the 12-story central structure between. Also in this October 4, 1969, aerial view is the Washington National Guard Armory in the photograph's foreground. The brick edifice was dedicated on the first day in January, 1909, and remodeled several times since then. Located in the 700 block of So. 11th St., it was across the street from the L.H. Bates Vocational-Technical Institute (formerly Tacoma Vocational). Photograph ordered by Whitacre Engineers.
Aerial views; County-City Building (Tacoma); State Armory (Tacoma); Commercial streets--Tacoma--1960-1970;
Work progresses on the new County-City Building in April, 1957. Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel Corporation provided the steel needed for the framing. View of steelworks including plywood sheets on top. Construction would not be fully completed until 1959. Central Schools building can be seen in the far left with City Dye Works at the right rear. Photograph ordered by Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel Corporation.
Progress photographs; Building construction--Tacoma--1950-1960; County-City Building (Tacoma); Steel; Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel Corp. (Seattle);
Plywood barricade around construction area for the new County-City building. After much discussion and delay, a site was finally decided on for the new building. Although approved by voters Nov. 4, 1952, construction did not begin until July 25, 1956. Before construction comes demolition. Homes and offices shown here will soon be torn down to make way for the new modern office building. Coast Contractors will demolish the approximately 4 square blocks of buildings for the low bid of $48, 448. A $7,000 board fence will be erected around the site, excluding the Court House and two buildings to be used an annexes.The old County Court House will remain standing and in use until the new building is built and then be torn down to make room for the parking lot. The fence is 2800 ft long and made of 2x4 and plywood and must remain up for 2 years fencing the site. A crew of 30 men will be hired for the demolition. Walter McHugh, head of Coast Construction, estimates the actual demolition cost to be closer to $70,000, the difference and profit to be made from salvage that will be sold on the spot. (TNT 3/20/1955, pg. A-18) TPL-8168
ca. 1959. Imposing entrance of the new County-City building, an soaring glass and aluminum structure designed by A. Gordon Lumm. Lumm was the controversial selection of the County Commissioners as architect. His selection raised the ire of the local architects as he was the only one who did not participate in the free preliminary work performed by the architects' society. Bids for the construction of the original design came in 3 1/2 million higher than available funds. Voters approved an additional $3,700,00 in a bond issue to make up the difference. The building was finally constructed according to the original design and dedicated on April 10, 1959. (TNT 4/7/1959, pg. B1+)
April 10, 1959, saw the dedication of the new County-City Building, 930 Tacoma Avenue South. The 9 1/2 million dollar project was finally completed after years of delay. Although voters had approved its construction in November of 1952, it took until July of 1956 for building to start. A large number of business people, politicians, civic leaders and everyday Tacomans attended the ceremony. In the background, the doomed old Pierce County Courthouse awaited its demolition. It would make way for parking for the new facility.
County-City Building (Tacoma); Dedications--Tacoma--1950-1960; Building dedications--Tacoma--1950-1960; Pierce County Courthouse (Tacoma); Crowds--Tacoma--1950-1960;
Governor Albert D. Rosellini addresses his audience outside the new County-City Building during dedication ceremonies in April, 1959. Seated in the group behind the governor are members of the police, service organizations, and councilmen, including Mayor Ben Hanson, in the second row, and John Anderson, third row. Wearing a crown in the front row is Pat Baldwin, the Queen of Anchorage Alaska's Fur Rendevoux, in Tacoma for the Daffodil Festival's Salute to Alaska. To her right is the 1959 Daffodil Queen Carol Mills.
Rosellini, Albert D.; Governors; County-City Building (Tacoma); Dedications--Tacoma--1950-1960; Hanson, Ben; Anderson, John H.; Baldwin, Pat; Mills, Carol;
Superior Court judge William F. LeVeque, in official robes, offered Carolee, Dairy Princess Donna Starkel's Holstein, refreshments on June 21, 1966. Carolee was penned in a corral outside Superior courtrooms on the County-City Building's second floor lobby as a prime exhibit for June Dairy Month. The bovine was reportedly well-behaved and greeted her owner, Princess Donna, with a joyful - and - loud "moo-OO!" Princess Donna and her royal court served ice cream cones to visitors and planned to visit Puget Sound National Bank branches later in the week to promote ice-cold valley milk, ice cream and other dairy foods. (TNT 6-22-66, C-5)
LeVeque, William F.; Judges--Tacoma; Starkel, Donna; Cows; Pails; Signs (Notices);
ca. 1960. 1960 Richards stock footage- the County-City Building, taken from Tacoma Avenue South. This twelve story central structure towers 167 feet above the street level. The court wing sits to the left and the law enforcement wing to the right. The glass and aluminum building was dedicated in April of 1959 and built from a design by architect A. Gordon Lumm. The building is still in use and the central structure looks much the same, however the side wings have been remodeled and greatly expanded.
County-City Building (Tacoma); Courthouses--Tacoma;
A large placard advertising the coming of Master Charge, the Interbank card, lies across the desk of Maurice Raymond, County Treasurer, on September 25, 1968. Howard O. Scott, Bank of California manager, is pictured standing next to Mr. Raymond. Photograph ordered by Bank of California.
TNT 01/14/1957 The big payoff (Pierce County Auditor Jack Sonntag receives bond check)
TNT 01/21/1957 p. 1 C-C Building wing okayed
TNT 01/25/1957 p. 5 "Miniature Rainier" (il of excavation)
TNT 02/20/1957 B2 C-C Building detail poses real problem
TNT 03/10/1957 B2 Beneath it all (il of foundation work)
TNT 03/31/1957 C15 Taking shape (il under construction)
TNT 04/11/1957 A1 The new blotting out the old (il under construction)
TNT 05/06/1957 p. 28 ... rises rapidly (il under construction)
TNT 05/12/1957 C13 Lincoln Bowl parking expansion (dirt from the County-City Bldg. site excavation used as fill)
TNT 06/16/1957 C15 Farm buses get C-C lot
TNT 07/07/1957 A1 Reaching for sky (il under construction)
TNT 08/04/1957 B2 Reaching for the clouds (il under construction)
TNT 08/22/1957 A1 Youth survives 94-foot fall
TNT 08/23/1957 p. 1 94-ft. plunge proves fatal (Delphus Bachman falls from 8th story)
TNT 10/27/1957 B7 New view (il under construction)
TNT 01/05/1958 A1Work on C-C edifice now at halfway point (il under construction)
TNT 02/04/1958 p. 2 C-C Bldg. gets cheap power
TNT 03/09/1958 A1... due for occupancy in one year (il under construction)
TNT 04/27/1958 C14 C-C Building phone system city's largest
TNT 06/29/1958 A1 County-City's new jail will be the best except for the folks who have to go there (il)
TNT 10/19/1958 A6 County-City Building passes Emily's muster
TNT 10/24/1958 p. 19 Roy Devish County-City Building boss
TNT 11/23/1958 A9 Trying it on for size (interior il of council chambers)
TNT 12/29/1958 A6 First employee takes place in C-C Building (Mrs. Fern Evans, marriage license clerk)
TNT 12/31/1958 p. 1 C-C Building dedication set
TNT 02/01/1959 A1 Sheriff Stojack ready for mounted posse ride (il)
TNT 02/15/1959 A1 Huge moving job confronts the City and County Dads (il)
TNT 02/16/1959 p. 12 Seven firms bid on moving to C-C Building
TNT 02/17/1959 p. 19 Three firms hired for City move
TNT 02/18/1959 A1 Daffodil royalty and a new view (il from rooftop)
TNT 02/20/1959 p. 6 County lets contracts on moving
TNT 02/26/1959 p. 6 Court opens first time in new building (interior il)
TNT 03/02/1959 p. 3 C-C Bldg. rites to be outlined
TNT 03/03/1959 p. 7 No big party despite look (empty beer cartons used in move)
TNT 03/04/1959 A5 Police start moving to new building p. A15 Some party (il)
TNT 03/11/1959 Salute to Alaska (il of window lights configuration)
TNT 03/12/1959 B7 City offices will get new phone system
TNT 03/15/1959 A1 Color tag system works smoothly in move... (il) p .A14 Man injured at County-City Building (elevator accident while moving old safe into bldg.) p. C14 (ad for
TNT's Dedication Edition, out 04/07/1959) (sketch)
TNT 03/17/1959 p. 13 Confusion reigns as County offices move
TNT 03/22/1959 A1 News Tribune opens teletype circuit from County-City Building
TNT 03/24/1959 p. 1 The faces are familiar (interior il of first City Council meeting in bldg.)
TNT 03/31/1959 p .2 Firm bids $11,013 on landscaping
TNT 04/07/1959 County-City Building dream comes true (Special County-City Building Edition) (il,interior il)
TNT 04/08/1959 A1 County-City Building solicitation ruled out; UGN only exception
TNT 04/09/1959 A1 County, City dedicate new home on Friday p. A2 C-C Building memorial set (plaque dedicated to veterans)
TNT 04/10/1959 A1 C-C Building is dedicated as Daffodil-land awaits parade; structure now seat of government (il)
TNT 05/027/1959 B4 Police moved into C-C Bldg
TNT 05/28/1959 p. 8 Old culprit gains aim - No. 1 in new jail: First session of Police Court held on the hill Western City Aug. 1959 p.26
TNT 10/11/1959 Most helpful woman? Answer not hard to find at C-C Building
TNT 05/12/1973 $152,545 bid OK'd for new center (law enforcement communications center) T.Review 09/05/1973... painting underway (il)
TNT 09/12/1973 "Alcatraz gray" paint job (il)
TNT 03/15/1974 County-City Building's hostess is the mostest
TNT 05/04/1975 A city-county divorce?
TNT 10/18/1975 County-City Building a potential fire trap (il)
TNT 10/24/1975 C-C violations to be corrected
TNT 03/24/1976 Many County-City Building violations yet uncorrected; County-City Building remodel projects OKd
TNT 04/08/1976 County-City Building may never meet code
TNT 05/21/1976 County's old shoe stand polished up for new day (interior il)
TNT 06/30/1977 Sprinklers called for in C-C Building
TNT 07/12/1977 C-C Building finally paid for
TNT 11/05/1977 City records get wet (interior il)
TNT 04/18/1978 Candyman's heirs deliver his thanks
TNT 05/17/1978 Shoes spark pollution fine
TNT 11/02/1978 County plans drop-box to cut traffic hassle
TNT 12/14/1978 Money shortage prevents taste error; no "artistic" chimney
TNT 12/18/1978 (il of new drop box)
TNT 02/03/1979... building to get electric heat (to replace steam heating from former Consumers Central Heating Co.)
TNT 02/21/1979 A4 Bottiger rips county heating choice
TNT 05/31/1979 Building-heating bid under estimate
TNT 12/30/1979 D12 The elevator lady gave county residents a "lift" (last day on the job for Marie Dess) (interior il)
TNT 04/30/1980 Court-remodeling extension tabled
TNT 06/25/1980... remodeling approved (new court facilities by Rasmussen & Hobbs, arch.)
TNT 07/01/1980... parking crackdown set
TNT 11/11/1980 A courthouse grows on Tacoma Avenue
TNT 11/19/1980 C-C Building grew grizzled in quick time
TNT 01/08/1984 B8 County parking problems, like cars, won't go away (il)
TNT 04/01/1984 City hires architect for remodeling work (new police offices by Tsang-Merritt Associates, arch.)
TNT 09/06/1985 Plans for County-City Building may change
TNT 05/14/1986 B1 County expands building plans to aid judiciary
TNT 09/08/1987 Disorder in court; workmen's noise a trial... (new court wing By Christine Mills /Rasmussen & Hobbs, arch.) (il of addition under construction)
TNT 09/16/1987 Prank stops up county's works; flood of raw sewage wreaks havoc in County-City Building (il)
TNT 12/3/1987 Wrong ring: Elevator's phones go unanswered
TNT 12/12/1987 Chomp! Project eats up business
TNT 01/31/1988 County's space gets third look
TNT 03/23/1988 B1 County's elevators a sticky situation
TNT 05/06/1988 Stortini to dedicate $5 million addition to County-City Building
TNT 08/11/1988 County-City Building making folks sick
TNT 12/04/1993 B1 County prosecutors hit floor as bullet hits window
TNT 04/05/1994 A1 Courthouse to beef up door security (metal detectors to be installed)
TNT 08/30/1994 B1 Farewell to arms
TNT 10/14/1994 A1 Guards seize arsenal of knives and guns
TNT 12/02/1994 A1 County VIPs "rumble" over seized knife
TNT 03/03/1995 A5 Bloody day in Seattle silences critics of Pierce County security system
TNT 05/10/1995 B4 Area search team honored by tree planting
TNT 08/30/1995 B1 Seepage forces police to move offices
TNT 05/26/1996 B2 Private eye is called in to solve thefts - at County-City Building
TNT 06/01/1996 B2 A forgotten briefcase sets off County-City Building bomb scare
TNT 04/02/1997 A10 Pierce County Council to redo its reception area for $15,000, creating a counter for visitors
TNT 03/03/1998 B1 Disgruntled man drives into courthouse doors (il) T.Daily Index 07/14/1998 p. 1 County-City Building installs sprinkler system
TNT 07/14/1999 B1 Robot "explodes" bones, not bombs; new device gets an unexpected workout... (il) T.Weekly 07/23/1999 p. 3 Bomb threat
TNT 09/27/1999 B1 Offices are dull without his polish; shoeshine man, sidelined by a stroke.. .
TNT 09/27/2000 A1 Justice in close quarters... cramped, potentially dangerous environment (interior il of 5th floor)
TNT 03/01/2001 A1, A8 Quake hits home (earthquake) T.Daily Index 05/04/2001 p. 1 County-City Building to become courthouse
TNT 05/04/2001 A1 City, County trading Stadium for courtrooms T.Reporter 50/24/2001 p. 1 Pierce County cited for health, safety violations... lead and asbestos woes
TNT 07/11/2001 B2 County Council clears way for Cheney Stadium-office space swap (all City of Tacoma offices to vacate bldg by 12/31/2004
TNT 09/26/2001 B1 Pierce County wants crisis HQ out of basement... need for above-ground site T.Daily Index 01/08/2002 p. 1 County-City Building getting a year-round tan; first phase of exterior resurfacing on 43-year-old building almost done (il)
TNT 12/01/2002 A1 The art of architecture
TNT 06/24/2003 A1 Inmate uses cardboard gun to flee T.Daily Index 06/24/2004 p. 1 Project commences to restore courthouse parking lot
TNT 07/18/2004 B3 Sonny always shined downtown (death of shoe shinner Sonny Jefferson) T.Weekly 08/19/2004 A3 New parking lot.. . T.Daily Index 03/08/2005 p. 1... improvements dedicated to fallen officer (Craig Alan Nollmeyer) (il)
TNT 03/08/2005 B1 County-City campus spruced up (il) T.Daily Index 03/21/2006 p. 1 $6.5 million county court renovation begins (3rd & 4th floors, formerly occupied by the Tacoma Police Dept., to be remodeled by Pease Construction, Inc., contr.) T.Weekly 04/06/2006 A3 County-City Building getting a facelift
TNT 07/04/2007 B1 New courtrooms (remodeling)
TNT 07/22/2007 E1, E5 One Percent for Art sculptures bring artful order to the court (installation "13 Compositions" by artist Garth Edwards) T.Daily Index 09/12/2008 p. 1... east plaza renovation begins (Barnett Schorr Architects / Vlahovich Design, arch. and Beisley, Inc. of Belfair, contr.) (sketch)\ Business Examiner 09/28/2008 p. 25... gets a facelift (sketch)
TNT 11/17/2008 B1 The goal; A more efficient court
TNT 12/04/2008 A1 Tacoma, county plan a bold swap; Tacoma would gain control of Cheney Stadium while Pierce County would get the County-City Building... (il)
TNT 12/10/2008 B1 Tacoma, county property swap approved T.Daily Index 03/04/2009 p. 1 Ribbon-cutting for improved County-City Building entrance (il of art installation "Squiggles" by artist Bud Schorr) T.Weekly 03/05/2009 A2 New County-City entrance praised for unique design (il) T.Daily Index 06/03/2010 p. 2 Pierce County updates courthouse security procedures
TNT 06/14/2010 A1 Courthouse's new security plan delayed
TNT 06/23/2010 A1 U.S. Honor Flag flies in South Sound (il) T.Daily Index 07/12/2010 p. 1 New program assists Pierce County courthouse visitors (Volunteer Information Desk)
TNT 09/14/2010 A3 Bomb scare clears County-City Building (il)
TNT 12/16/2010 A4 Bomb threat disrupts County-City Building
TNT 01/25/2013 A1 County to renovate offices for council 352.5 C498R, Required information for site selection on the proposed County-City Building 352.5 T119R, Report of joint committee of Tacoma City Planning Commission and Pierce County Planning Commission on the County-City Building sites 363.37 T142O, 100 years of firefighting in the city of destiny, Tacoma, Washington. P. 151 (account of fire in city jail on 09/02/1972) 710.5 P614R, Report on the selection of a location for the proposed county-city building 725.1 B868P, Proceedings re : County-City Building, Tacoma, Wash. 725.1 T128P, Proposed building for Pierce County and City of Tacoma : a preliminary survey report and suggested scheme ----- -print at TPL (General Coll., Richards Coll. #C109723-1)
ca. 1977. A large group of visitors from Tacoma's sister city in Japan, Kitakyushu (formerly Kokura) pose with their American hosts in front of the County-City Building. Two of the men are holding keys to the City of Tacoma as presented by government officials. At the far right is George M. Nalley; he served on the City Council in the 1970's. Gordon Johnston, who was Tacoma's mayor from 1970-78, is in the center of the photograph, first row.
Foreign visitors--Japan; Keys (Hardware); Johnston, Gordon N.; Mayors--Tacoma--1970-1980; Nalley, George M.; County-City Building (Tacoma);
On January 12, 1965, Tacoma police counted coins from five confiscated slot machines on a makeshift table in the basement of the County City Building. According to a News Tribune article the following day, Detective Ritchie Mace, City Prosecutor Jack Majeres and Captain John Gookins tallied the coins from slot machines seized in a September 15, 1964, raid on Tacoma barber George Parrott's residence. The slots had been opened and smashed by police per court order. The two 25 cent slots, one nickel slot, and two penny slots had coins totaling $117.33. (TNT 1-13-65, A-3)