This view of the new Tacoma Building, 1015 A Street, designed by Frederick G. Frost & Associates of New York, was taken for the Cole & Weber Advertising Agency on December 31, 1957; to the left of the building, Mt. Rainier is barely visible through the haze hanging over the Tacoma tideflats. The old Tacoma Building, 1017-21 A Street, is next door. It is also twelve stories and was built in 1910. The original Tacoma Building was first occupied by the Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. and the Tacoma Commercial Club. The new modern style building became the Weyerhaeuser Bldg. after the Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. moved its corporate offices into the new structure. In 1971 the Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. built another headquarters building in Federal Way.

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Construction continues on a new Tacoma highrise built by Fentron Industries. This photograph, taken on February 28, 1957, shows the new Tacoma Building (later to be called Weyerhaeuser Bldg.) at 1015 A St. Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. would be the primary occupant after completion. According to the 1957 City Directory, Cole & Weber, advertising, Cheney Lumber Co., Mutual Life Ins. Co. of N.Y., and Metzger, Blair & Gardner, attorneys, would also have offices in the new Tacoma Building. The twelve-story building next to the new construction is also called the Tacoma Building; it was built in 1910. The new Tacoma Building was actually located at 1015 A St., and considered an annex to the old section at (then) 1019 A St. Photograph ordered by Fentron Industries.

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The Cornell Meek family posed with a brand new Ford Edsel, the first in Tacoma, in front of the Tacoma Building on January 23, 1958. Floyd, Tom, and Marsha Meek lounge on the hood while Louise (Chase) Meek, whose father was formerly mayor of Puyallup, leans her elbow out of the passenger's door. Cornell Meek and older daughter Merry pose close to the copper-colored car. After much fanfare, the Ford Motor Co. revealed the distinctive looking Edsel, on September 4, 1957. The car was named after the late Edsel Ford, son of founder Henry Ford. Although the company had predicted first-year sales of 200,000 units, production and sales of the vehicle fell far short. Ford discontinued the Edsel on November 19, 1959. Pictured in the background, the Tacoma Building, 1017-21 A St., was the corporate headquarters for the Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. The new Annex, 1015 A St., was built in 1956 and opened in 1957. The Weyerhaeuser Corporation built a new headquarters building in Federal Way and moved many of their employees in 1971. ( www.edsel.com) Sepia photograph ordered by Titus Edsel Sales Co.

Meek, Cornell; Meek, Cornell--Family; Meek, Louise; Meek, Merry; Meek, Floyd; Meek, Tom; Meek, Marsha; Ford automobile; Tacoma Building (Tacoma);