949-55 BROADWAY, TACOMA
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4 images. Fidelity Bldg. Fidelity Trust Co., builder Burnham & Root, arch. Bassford & Haupt, contr. -"Presbyterian Spring" located on the site provided bldg. with water -originally six stories, six more stories were added in 1909 -site includes 950-56 Commerce St. -demolished in 1949 to make way for the F.W. Woolworth Co. Bldg. (SEE: 955 BROADWAY)
TDL 8/24/1889 p.5 It will be a dandy
TDL 10/1/1889 p.5 Ten stories high
TDL 1/11/1890 p.3 To be a stately pile
TDL 2/19/1890 p.3 To be built at once
TDL 7/20/1890 p.9 Buff brick beautiful (sketch)
TDL 9/23/1890 p.5 A runaway elevator
TDL 12/12/1890 p.3 A marvel in building
TDL 5/3/1891 p.3 A marvel in building
TDL 1/28/1898 p.1 The Ledger "at home"
TDL 7/3/1898 (interior il of Victor Pharmacy)
TDL 11/11/1906 p.20 (addition to be built)
TDL 1/13/1907 p.19 (original architects to do plans for addition)
TDL 4/19/1908 p.22 New elevators in Fidelty Building Pac. Builder & Eng. 8/7/1909 p.17 (addition by D.H. Burnham & Co., arch.) Pac. Builder & Eng. 10/2/1909 p.394 Pac. Builder & Eng. 10/23/1909 p.14,426 Pac. Builder & Eng. 11/13/1909 p.458 TDN 12/14/1910 (il)
TDL 1/1/1911 p.29 (il)
TDL 7/2/1911 p.8 (il)
TDL 8/31/1913 p.7 (il)
TDL 9/14/1913 p.20 (ad,il)
TDL 6/8/1919 p.A1O (floor plans for second floor remodeling)
TDL 8/10/1919 p.B5 (second floor remodeling by Sutton, Whitney & Dugan, arch. and J.E. Bonnell, contr.)
TDL 6/6/1925 p.1 Two die, five hurt on Broadway as car plunges into crowd (car crashes into Bank of California office in Fidelity Bldg.)
TNT 7/23/1926 Weather man reads sky from high above Tacoma (il of rooftop weather tower)
TDL 4/7/1929 p.D10 (remodeling)
TNT 9/28/1934 In Tacoma's family album! (il of Tacoma Daily Ledger office in 1900)
TDL 5/10/1935 p.5 Robbins Salon opens Saturday (Robbins Beauty Salon on 12th floor)
TNT 11/2/1938 Flags tell weather; signals atop Fidelity Building give warnings
TDL 2/16/1939 p.B6 New flag will be hoisted on Fidelity Bldg.
TDL 2/28/1937 p.A6 (interior il of R.E. Anderson & Co., Inc.)
TNT 1/4/1940 p.18 Foreclosure is filed in court
TNT 5/3/1941 p.18 New jewelry store opens in Tacoma (interior il of LeRoy Credit Jewelers)
TNT 6/5/1941 p.1 Nine story leap fatal
TNT 9/10/1941 p.25 Meet the firm (interior il of LeRoy Jewelers)
TNT 10/16/1941 p.9 Irving's men's shop in new location (interior il of Irving's Men's Wear)
TNT 11/10/1944 p.1 Fidelity Bldg. sold (il) T.Times 11/10/1944 Fidelity Building sold (il)
TNT 5/15/1945 p.1 Take option on Fidelity (F.W. Woolworth Co.)
TNT 9/8/1945 p.2 Strange accident (piece of window ledge falls on pedestrian)
TNT 10/13/1946 p.A7 Measures Tacoma rainfall (il of rooftop weather station)
TNT 2/4/1947 p.14 Plan alteration ... (permit taken for fire stops)
TNT 2/6/1947 p.1 Six diamonds stolen from store here (LeRoy Jewelers)
TNT 2/12/1947 p.1 No Fidelity change now
TNT 5/28/1947 p.7 Leroy's (of California) sues Leroy; allege name violation
TNT 1/23/1949 p.A8 Weatherman is honest, so quit your kickin (il of rain gauge)
TNT 2/15/1949 p.1 Fidelity Bldg. to be razed, starting Aug.1 (to make way for the F.W. Woolworth Co. Bldg.)
TNT 3/6/1949 p.A6 Replacement planned for city's Fidelty Bldg.
TNT 4/6/1949 p.1 Weather bureau moving to Winthrop penthouse
TNT 4/20/1949 p.7 Building coming down! Removal sale (Irving's Clothes Shop) (full page ad)
TNT 7/6/1949 p.13 Former tenants of the Fidelity Building (list of bldg. occupants, including their new locations)
TNT 9/11/1949 p.B2 For sale ... building materials of all kinds from the Fidelity Building
TNT 9/16/1949 p.1 Drop kills building worker
TNT 9/18/1949 p.A6 Science in razing job (il of demolition)
TNT 11/13/1949 p.C16 Going fast (il)
TNT 7/5/1974 Time Machine (il)
TNT 6/30/1980 Time Machine (il)
TNT 3/25/1999 p.B1 City's history yielded assets worth saving 338.973 P83Pt 1919 p.70 (il) 352.3 G42S p.103 (il) 917.972 Sp4 (il) 917.9778 C498C (il) 979.5 Or15O p.131 979.7 N812 July, 1891 p.40 (description, sketch) 979.72 H91 Vol.I p.288,540 (mention of "Presbyterian Spring") 979.72 T11C (il) (SEE: neg. #TPL 5036)979.7788 G1351V p.76 (il)
Year Built: 1890
Decade Built: 1890s
Demolished: 1949