5 images. Russell T. Joy Bldg. Pickles & Sutton, arch. Wm. F. Heath, contr. -bldg. rebuilt after fire c.1904 (Russell & Babcock, arch. and Cowan & Black, contr.) -occupants included: H.N. Richmond Paper Co., Great Western Stove Co., Tacoma Machinery & Supply Co., Witenberg Manufacturing Co., Hainsworth Motor Co., West Coast Motor Co., Hills Bros. Coffee Co., Nicholson Electric Plating, Frank Sussman & Co. -Russell T. Joy also built 1702-14 Pacific Ave. TDL 5/14/1892 p.5 A $70,000 purchase TDL 5/22/1892 p.3 (mention) TDL 7/4/1892 p.3 permits TDL 8/14/1892 p.7 (mention) TDL 1/1/1893 p.15 (mention) TDL 11/15/1903 p.1 Big block in flames TDL 2/28/1904 Big brick block will be rebuilt TDN 6/29/1905 (il of Tacoma Manufacturers Exposition at 1720-22 Pacific Ave.) T.Tribune 10/22/1916 p.15 Home of Oldsmobile Agency in Tacoma (il of Hainsworth Motor Co. at 1720 Pacific Ave.) TDL 3/30/1919 p.C9 (remodeling for West Coast Motor Co. at 1728-20 Pacific Ave.) TDL 3/1/1928 p.3 Pacific Ave. fire smoky, little loss (fire at Frank Sussman & Co. at 1728-30 Pacific Ave.) TNT 10/10/1948 p.A2 (ad for A.E. Grafton & Co. Property Management at 1716 Pacific Ave.) (il) p.A11 Grafton & Co. in new home (remodeling, modernistic glass front installed) Pacific Architect & Builder May 1960 p.40 Where architects hang their hats (interior il of Liddle & Jones Architects) TNT 12/26/1965 p.D19 (permit for remodeling taken by the W.S. Walter Co.) 307.76 Un3T p.53,96 363.37 T142O p.39 (account of fire at 1726-28 Pacific Ave. on 11/14/1903) 917.97 D49 Oct. 1907 p,12 (il of Tacoma Machinery & Supply Co. at 1716-18 Pacific Ave.) 917.972 T119N Tacoma New Herald 1905 p.45 (il) 979.72 T11R Tacoma; the rising center of commerce and manufacture. Delisle & Milliken publishers ----- Joy Bldg., University of Washington Tacoma T.Weekly 8/7/1997 p.5 Russell T. Joy and posterity (il) TNT 12/18/2005 p.E1 Tacoma ghost sign tour T.Weekly 4/13/2006 p.A2, UWT prepares for changing campus, demographics T.Daily Index 2/20/2009 p.1 Tacoma Landmarks Preservation Commission will hear UWT Joy Building renovation plans (il) T.Daily Index 2/27/2009 p.1 Vote clears way for UWT Joy Building early-phase renovation (il) T.Daily Index 3/3/2009 p.1 A new chapter for historic downtown building (sketch of proposed remodeling by THA Architecture) T.Daily Index 7/24/2009 p.1 State budget troubles could tweak UWT Joy Building renovation (il) TNT 8/22/2009 p.A11 University begins work on Joy Building TNT 11/29/2009 p.A1 UWT, retailers at odds (il) TNT 3/17/2010 p.A1 UWT makes space for Pacific retail (il) TNT 5/27/2010 p.A1 UW Tacoma work erases historic icon (ghost sign of Heidelberg Brewery's Student Prince destroyed) (remodeling by THA Architecture of Portland, arch. and Korsmo Construction, contr.) (il) T.Daily Index 6/1/2010 p.1 Building renovation destroys historic ghost mural (il) TNT 6/3/2010 p.A3 Apparition of sign doesn't return when you paint a new one T.Weekly 6/17/2010 p.A2 Beer sign from the past disappears ... (il) TNT 7/6/2010 p.A3 So sorry; it won't happen again; you've got our word ... T.Daily Index 7/8/2010 p.1 Tough lesson learned in historic ghost mural destruction (il) Business Examiner 2/21/2011 p.14 The renovation and historical restoration ... (THA Architecture, Inc, arch. and Korsmo Construction, Inc., contr.) (il,interior il) T.Daily Index 3/14/2011 p.1 ... grand opening March 15 (il) T.Daily Index 3/16/2011 p.1 High marks for Russell T. Joy Building renovation (il) TNT 3/16/2011 p.A10 Building for the future at UWT (il) T.Daily Index 4/4/2011 p.1 ... receive New Tacoma Awards (il) T.Daily Index 2/1/2012 p.1 UWT's Joy Building earns LEED Platinum certification (il) TNT 2/1/2012 p.A13 Russell T. Joy Building earns LEED distinction TNT 10/30/2012 p.A11 UWT's Joy Building hopes to entice food-service vendors to set up shop (interior il) T.Daily Index 5/8/2014 p.1 ... historic preservation awards
ca. 1979. Faded Columbia Brewery mural on side of building, circa 1979. "Everybody knows it's better, Alt Heidelberg," accompanied by a stein lifting image of the company's signature student prince. The "ghost sign" dates back to 1933 when Columbia Brewery was still making its special lager brew Alt Heidelberg (Old Heidelberg.) In later years, Columbia Brewery sold to Heidelberg Brewing and Carling Brewing. The brewery closed in 1979. (TNT 12/18/2005, Soundlife section "Ghost signs beckon Tacoma toward its future")
