2 images. Fairweather Garage / National Service Station A.M. Fairweather, builder C. Alvin Hansen, arch. & contr. -one story concrete -Guarantee Auto Repair located in rear of bdlg.
TDL 10/28/1923 p.E8 New garage for Puyallup Avenue
TDL 11/18/1923 p.E8 (mention)
TDL 2/3/1924 p.B5 Drive-in service station completed
TDL 2/10/1924 p.G10 (il) ----- Dayton's Super Service 307.76 Un3T p.97 (mention) ----- Erickson Tire Co.
5 images. Buckley-King Funeral Church Hill & Mock, arch. Steiro & Hansen, contr. -Far West Clay Co. brick with Wilkeson sandstone trim -built of all Tacoma materials -oak bark finish walls -fourth century Byzantine plan of ceiling support -blue and gold private service room in Georgian period design (a scale replica of the Gold Room at the White House) -"funeral church, one of two in the United States" "only funeral church west of the Hudson River" (
TDL 8/7/1927) -construction started 1/24/1927 -open house 8/11/1927 -dedicated 8/14/1927 -officially opened 8/15/1927 -Buckley King Mortuary merged with the Gaffney, Cassedy & Allen Funeral Home in January 1987 -plans at TPL
TDL 10/3/1926 p.A13 Architectural firm is having much activity (mention)
TDL 1/23/1927 p.A7 Funeral church to be elaborate (sketch)
TDL 8/7/1927 p.A7 Tacoma funeral church complete p.D5 Semper Paratus (full page ad) (il)
TNT 11/30/1927 p.6 Complete survey of city's building; highest honor award (architectural award) Architect & Eng. Mar. 1928 p.57 T.Times 1/13/1937 p.7 Tacoma funeral church sustains reputation for architectural masterpiece
TDL 3/28/1937 p.C6 Funeral church becomes model of U.S. (ad,sketch)
TDL 5/23/1937 p.A9 Buckley-King adds Buick (il) T.Times 3/10/1942 p.10 W.B. Buckley, prominent retired undertaker, dies 979.7 B64 Vol. III p.667,714 979.778 H628H Vol.I p.438 ----- First Presbyterian Church Annex -dedicated 2/22/1987
TNT 2/7/1987 p.A6 Lively activity planned in these "slumber rooms"; church brings life into funeral home (il)
Lakewood Inter-Service Club Committee, builder Fred Bryson, contr. -Three Views West subdivision -house built and sold to raise funds for proposed youth center -ground breaking 10/22/1961