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)
This building at the corner of 6th and St. Helens Ave., was built by Robert Walker of the Walker Cut Stone Company. He hired the Tacoma architect Roland E. Borhek to design a building that would be completely faced with Wilkeson sandstone. When completed in 1927, it was the first apartment building in the Northwest to be built with a stone exterior. It was placed on both the Tacoma and the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. Photograph ordered by Ward A. Smith, Seattle Trust and Savings Bank. (TDL 11/6/1927, pg 2-3B)
Walker Apartments, 6th and Saint Helens Avenues. Sandstone building by Roland Borhek, Architect, 1927, built by and for Robert Walker of the Walker Cut Stone Company, operators of the quarry at Wilkeson, Washington. The building was built for $350,000 and was comprised of 68 apartments, of 2-3 rooms each. It featured an inner paved court, of 26 x 75 feet, terraced in stone with a fountain at one end. The building had no basement. (TDL 11/6/1927, pg. 2-3B) (filed with Argentum)
Hickey Apartment Hotel, interior. Suite with telephone table, bedroom, and kitchen. Building by Roland Borhek, Architect, 1927. Renamed the Hickey Apartment Hotel in 1940, the eight-story, 68 apartment structure was originally called the Walker Apartments after its builder, Robert Walker of Walker Cut Stone. It was the first apartment house in the Northwest to be faced with stone. The Hickey name (after new owner J. Frank Hickey) did not last and the apartment hotel was sold in 1944. The Walker Apartments are on the City and National Register.
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Hickey Apartment Hotel (Walker Apartments), interior. Large dining room with seventeen tables and hardwood floor. Building by Roland Borhek, Architect, 1927. New owner J. Frank Hickey changed the apartment hotel's name to reflect his own in October of 1940. He had purchased the (then) Walker Apartments in January of 1938. Series of interior views taken in December of 1940.
Hickey Apartment Hotel ( Walker Apartments ), interior which appears to be the lobby. Building by Roland Borhek, Architect, 1927. J. Frank Hickey purchased the former Walker Apartments in October of 1938 and changed its name to his own two years later. The elegant apartment hotel had been built for $350,000 by the owner of Walker Cut Stone and was the first apartment house in the Northwest to feature an all-stone exterior. It was sold again in 1944 and the property is now on the City and National Registers.
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Living room in Hickey Apartment Hotel (Walker Apartments). Building by Roland Borhek, Architect, 1927. Now known as the Hickey Apartment Hotel with the purchase of the former Walker Apartments in 1938, it remained a luxurious structure with amenities such as dumbwaiters, living room suites, and separate dining room facilities. This December, 1940, view of a living room within the apartment hotel displays comfortable chairs and sofa, tables, and a piano.
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Internal phone system at the Hickey Apartment Hotel, possibly used in conjunction with the dumbwaiter in image #4. On the rectangular box are tabs with apartment numbers and a push button to contact the apartment. This area appears to be a back of house area, possibly used by the janitor or dining room.
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ca. 1938. Photograph of a group of committee men for Navy party taken at Walker Apartments. Eight men playing cards with cans strapped on their heads. One man is using another's can as an ashtray. (filed with Argentum)
Hickey Apartment Hotel; Dumb waiter in Apartment 407. Built in 1927 as the Walker Apartments by builder Robert Walker, the building underwent a brief name change in 1940 when they were acquired by J. Frank Hickey. Standing eight stories, faced with Wilkeson sandstone, the building housed 68 apartments.
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