Sidewalks are blocked-off around the Fidelity Building where crews prepare to demolish the 1890 office building designed by notable Chicago architects Burnham & Root. Considered very "modern" when it was built, the structure soon will be replaced by a new "modern" building for the F. W. Woolworth Co.

Office buildings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Fidelity Building (Tacoma); Demolition--Tacoma--1940-1950; Skyscrapers--Tacoma; Burnham & Root (Chicago, Ill.);

ca. 1890. Horse-and-buggy in front of Fidelity Trust Company Building, 11th and C, Tacoma, Washington, circa 1890. Driver is unidentified. Sidewalk appears to be of concrete but the street is made of boards. The Fidelity Building was new in 1890 and originally built as a six-story brick structure. It later added six more stories in 1909. It was demolished in 1949 to make way for the F.W. Woolworth Co. building. S7.1, G66.1-124

Fidelity Building (Tacoma); Office buildings--Tacoma--1890-1900; Carriages & coaches--Tacoma--1890-1900; Horses--Tacoma--1890-1900;

"Fidelity, not used." Fidelity building interior before demolition in 1949.