Built circa 1927 Gross Service Station W. Glenn & Margaret Gross, operator -alternate addresses of 824 So. J St., 1001 So. 9th St. City Directory (1928)
1 image. Built circa 1890 Lawrence Block -first listed in the 1892 City Directory -plans for remodeling by Sutton, Whitney & arch. at TPL -occupants included: Ben Olson Plumbing, Lawrence Hotel, Shaw Bros., Price & McDonald Furniture Co., Washington State Liquor Store, Tacoma Stationiers T.Evening News 12/25/1899 (il of Ben Olson Plumbing at 1009 A St.)
TDL 6/10/1900 p.5 (interior il of Ben Olson Plumbing) TDN 7/15/1905 p.20 Remodel Lawrence Block (Proctor & Farrell, arch.)
TDL 7/16/1905 p.21 (remodeling by Proctor & Farrell, arch.)
TDL 7/30/1905 p.21 (improvements)
TDL 2/3/1907 p.19 (il of "Real Estate Row")
TDL 10/13/1912 p.19 (Lawrence Hotel to be remodeled by Dugan & Lewis, arch.)
TDL 3/23/1913 p.41 (il of Wing Bros. Autos) TNL 12/24/1916 p.19 New store to have artistic tile front (storefront for Shaw Wallpaper Co. by Parker & Mock, arch.) TNL 4/1/1917 p.23 (interior il of Shaw Wallpaper Co.)
TDL 11/6/1921 p.B5 New furniture company opens factory in city (Price & McDonald Furniture Co. at 1013-15 A St.)
TDL 8/12/1923 p.E8...block purchased as investment (il)
TDL 3/28/1926 p.E10 Enlarging quarters (remodeling for Price & McDonaldFurniture Co. by C.N. Udall, contr.) Partial plans at TPL, digitized
TDL 7/1/1927 p.1 Tacoma gets new wholesale business (Peck & Hill Furniture Co. at 1013-15 A St.)
TDL 3/25/1934 p.B7 (alterations for first state liquor store in Tacoma after Prohibition repeal at 1009 A St.)
TDL 3/31/1934 p.1 Tacoma liquor store is ready
TNT 5/22/1955 p.B4 First real estate board ... (interior il in 1902)
TNT 8/15/1955 Weyerhaeuser plans 12-story building here (Lawrence Block to be demolished)
TNT 1/24/1956 p.1 A St. razing job to start
TNT 1/27/1956 p.D1 Coming down (il of demolition)
TNT 2/6/1956 p.1 Falls down (il) 387.1 P83H 1923 p.66 (interior il of Tacoma Marine supply) 720.28 Su87A 979.778 T119TV p.43
ca. 1931. Joseph L. Carman residence, Villa Carman. Broad exterior view of Spanish Colonial Revival mansion, designed by Kirtland K. Cutter, Architect, 1919. The home was built on 18 acres of lakefront property purchased by the Carmans. It had 6 fireplaces and 18 foot ceilings in the living room. Selected in 1931 by the Tacoma Society of Architects as one of the 10 most beautiful homes in Tacoma and its surrounding areas. Purchased by Lowell T. and Helen Murray in 1939 and by actress Linda Evans in 1987. (TDL 5/26/1931, Rotogravure, pg. B6) (WSHS)
Estates--Lakewood; Carman, Joseph L.--Homes & haunts; Villa Carman (Lakewood);
Aylen Junior High School Robert B. Price, arch. Anderson Construction Co., contr. Opened in Nov. 1962 as West Junior High School Dedicated 9/29/1963 Renamed in 1970 in honor of school board member Dr. Charles H. Aylen
TNT 12/14/1960 A3 Puyallup junior high plans given approval
TNT 03/28/1962 A8 Tacoma firms get contracts (il of ground breaking)
TNT 09/27/1963 p.3 Puyallup junior high dedication scheduled
TNT 07/13/1965 p.12 School at Puyallup wins design award
TNT 4/27/1967 p.A14 Athletic burglar uses iron shot to wreck doors
TNT 01/11/2001 B8 Graffiti gun threat shuts down junior high in Puyallup
TNT 08/10/2004 B1 Puyallup plans to build two new junior high schools (bldg. proposed for demolition)
TNT 11/19/2011 A3 Student, 14, arrested in plot to shoot up school Puy. Herald 04/24/2013 A2 Fifty years of history (il,interior il)
