ca. 1979. Overgrown staircase leading to an upper floor side entrance to the brick Massasoit Hotel, circa 1979. This building is now the UWT Institute of Technology.

Bricks; Brickwork; Massasoit Hotel (Tacoma);

ca. 1979. Swiss Hall, 1902-04 Jefferson Ave., circa 1979. The Swiss Society opened their hall here in 1913. It was designed by Heath & Gove. Since 1993, it has been home to the current Swiss Tavern. The building lies on the outskirts of the University of Washington Tacoma campus.

Swiss Hall (Tacoma); University of Washington (Tacoma);

ca. 1979. Pavement edging a weed filled lot, circa 1979.

Walkways; Sidewalks;

ca. 1979. Crystal Palace Building, 1508-16 Jefferson Ave., circa 1979. The structure was built in 1889 from a design by F.S. Sexton. The building was originally brick with wooden store front, the stucco facade was added in the 1960's. The 1979 City Directory lists a Calvary Gospel Mission and Chapel at 1510-12 Jefferson Ave. The storefront in the picture is the Calvary Deliverance Chapel- House of Prayer.

Crystal Palace Building (Tacoma);

ca. 1979. Jerry's Adult Book Store, 1305 Commerce St.; Jerry Holt, owner.

Jerry's Adult Book Store (Tacoma);

ca. 1979. Tutor Craft Interiors at 1531 Market.

Fabric shops--Tacoma; Draperies; Textiles; Tutor Craft Co. (Tacoma);

ca. 1979. Union Station, circa 1979. Station opened in 1911 and is on the City, State and National registry.

Union Station (Tacoma); Railroad stations--Tacoma--1970-1980;

ca. 1979. Unidentified fire hydrant on an intersection, circa 1979.

Fire hydrants;

ca. 1979. Unidentified close up of brick wall with dripping paint, circa 1979. This is possibly the side of the Massasoit Hotel, 1708 Broadway.

Bricks; Brickwork;

ca. 1979. Pedestrian bridge over Commerce connecting the Harmon building (back of building pictured at left), 1938 Pacific, with the Harmon warehouse (right), 1949 So. C St. Railroad tracks divide the street, included a deteriorating boarded area.

F.S. Harmon Manufacturing Co. (Tacoma)--Buildings;

ca. 1979. Pedestrian bridge over Commerce connecting the Harmon building (back of building pictured at left), 1938 Pacific, with the Harmon warehouse (right), 1949 So. C St. Railroad tracks divide the street.

F.S. Harmon Manufacturing Co. (Tacoma)--Buildings;

ca. 1979. Old City Hall. Designed in the style of "fifteenth-century Italian town hall architecture," the six-story building was constructed in 1892. It became "Old" City Hall upon the opening of the County-City Building in 1959. Saved from demolition, it was restored as a shopping center with grand opening in 1974. In 1980 it was converted into an office building. The 32-square foot tower had its bell chimes restored in late 1993. The Old City Hall is on the City, State, and National Registry.

Old City Hall (Tacoma);

ca. 1979. View in 1979 from near the intersection of 15th St. and Commerce, looking east. On the left side is the side view of Schoenfelds Furniture, 1423 Pacific Ave. On the right are the Sprague Building, 1501-09 Pacific Ave., in the foreground and Andrews Fixture Co., 106 So. 15th St. The Sprague Building was built in 1889, Pickles and Sutton, architects. It is on the City and National registry and is now home to United Way. Andrew's Fixture Co. was founded in 1921 and was located in the Betz Building, 102-10 So. 15th St.

L. Schoenfeld & Sons (Tacoma); Sprague Building (Tacoma); Andrew's Fixture Co. (Tacoma); Business districts--Tacoma--1970-1980; Cityscapes--Tacoma--1970-1980;

ca. 1979. Union Station, circa 1979. Station opened in 1911 and is on the City, State and National registry.

Union Station (Tacoma); Railroad stations--Tacoma--1970-1980;

ca. 1979. The large building on the right is the Winthrop Hotel, 773 Broadway. This is the Commerce St. side of the building. The hotel sold in 1970 and was converted to apartments. The white building past the Winthrop is the back of the Pantages. The photograph is taken on Commerce facing south toward the Commerce St. pedestrian bridge.

Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Apartment houses--Tacoma--1970-1980;

ca. 1979. View of the back portion of the original St. Joseph Hospital, 1812 So. I St. circa 1979, with the J St. Standpipe in the right background. The hospital was built in 1914 and demolished in 1982. The standpipe was completed in 1890 and is located near St. Joseph Hospital.

Water towers--Tacoma; Tacoma Dept. of Public Utilities, Water Division (Tacoma); J Street Standpipe (Tacoma); St. Josephs Hospital & School of Nursing (Tacoma); Hospitals--Tacoma--1970-1980;

ca. 1979. The Commerce St. side of West Coast Grocery Co., 1732-38 Pacific Ave., now part of the University of Washington, Tacoma, campus. In the distance, are the Snoqualmie Power House and the pedestrian bridge between the F.S. Harmon building and its warehouse.

West Coast Grocery Co. (Tacoma); University of Washington (Tacoma);

ca. 1979. Pacific Northwest Bell building, 1313 Broadway. Built in 1976, James Harris / Harris, Reed & Litzenberger, architect. The six story building is built of reflective glass.

Pacific Northwest Bell (Tacoma);

ca. 1979. Tacoma Central School, 601 So. 8th St. (Now houses administrative offices.) Central School was built in 1912 and designed by the architectural firm of Heath and Gove.

Central School (Tacoma);

ca. 1979. Graphics of a native American hunting a buffalo adorned the outside of the J & M Tavern, 1344 Pacific Ave. The Tavern was located in the Cogswell & Meath Building built in 1908; Darmer & Cutting, Architects. The building was demolished around 1986 in a attempt to clean up lower Pacific Ave.

Building deterioration--Tacoma--1970-1980; J & M Tavern (Tacoma);

ca. 1979. Grain elevators and railroad tracks and cars, located beside what is now Schuster Parkway.

Grain elevators--Tacoma; Grain industry--Tacoma; Granaries--Tacoma; Port of Tacoma (Tacoma)--1970-1980;

ca. 1979. Pedestrian Bridge between the F.S. Harmon Co. warehouse (pictured right), 1949 So. C St., and the Harmon building, 1938 Pacific, circa 1979.

F.S. Harmon Manufacturing Co. (Tacoma)--Buildings;

ca. 1979. Row of pedestal sinks in an unidentified public restroom, probably at Union Station, circa 1979.

Public comfort stations; Rest rooms;

ca. 1979. Very large tree and a truck at an unidentified location in Tacoma, circa 1979.

Trees--Tacoma; Trucks--Tacoma--1970-1980;

ca. 1979. Unidentified houses near St. Joseph's hospital, "J Street Standpipe" in the background, circa 1979.

Cityscapes--Tacoma--1970-1980;