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- 1943-01-08
Part of Richards Studio Photographs
The City of Tacoma leased this building in 1943 to the Works Progress Administration ( WPA ) for conversion into apartments for war-time workers. It had been the City's Contagious Hospital for 31 years and was often referred to as "the pest house" (short for pestilence). Since 1950, it has housed the local Coca-Cola Bottling Company. Today, the 1912 building retains much of its original appearance including its cupolas. (T. Times 1/1/1943, pg. 7)
Depressions--1929; Works Progress Administration (Tacoma);