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  • 106 images. Hotel Winthrop W.L. Stoddard, arch. Roland E. Borhek, associate arch. F.A. Pratt & A.I. Watson, contr. David L. Glenn, supervising engineer -Citizen's Hotel Corp. formed in April 1922 -grand opening 5/16/1925 -Sabre Room opened 9/22/1949 -converted into senior/elderly housing in 1973 (opened 8/10/1973) (212 units) -hotel named for explorer and writer Theodore Winthrop, author of "The Canoe and the Saddle" which helped popularize the Northwest (name chosen in newspaper contest by Geo. L. Dickson) -eleven stories, 110 ft. -partial plans for stores in hotel bldg. at TPL (Sutton, Whitney & Dugan, arch.) -site includes 761-83 Broadway, 762-86 Commerce St. SEE ALSO: TPL Catalog/Clipping File SEE ALSO: TPL Manuscript Collection (Baker Investment Co.)
  • TDL 5/14/1922 p.A1 Hotel drive to start Monday p.A8 (endorsement ad)
  • TDL 9/24/1922 p.A8,A9,B10 (ads for proposed hotel sites)
  • TDL 10/1/1922 p.A8,A9,A14,A15 (ads for proposed hotel sites)
  • TDL 10/2/1922 p.3 (ad for proposed hotel site)
  • TDL 10/8/1922 p.A10,A11,B3 (ads for proposed hotel sites)
  • TDL 10/9/1922 p.3 (ad for proposed hotel site)
  • TDL 10/22/1922 Suppl. p.1,2 New hotel for a bigger Tacoma (sketch)
  • TDL 3/13/1923 p.1 Linnard interests get hotel lease
  • TDL 3/17/1923 p.1 Deal closed for Citizen's Hotel site (il)
  • TDLl 3/20/1923 p.1 Year given to build new hotel
  • TDL 3/31/1923 p.1 Work on hotel to be rapid
  • TDL 4/25/1923 p.1 Call bids on clearing hotel site
  • TDL 5/11/1923 p.1 Contract let on hotel work (Frank Sussman & Co. to clear site)
  • TDL 5/24/1923 p.1 Design for hotel may be announced Friday by board (il of architect W.L. Stoddard)
  • TDL 5/26/1923 p.1 Half million more for new hotel (sketch)
  • TDL 5/27/1923 p.1 Hotel will be civic center, plans show (sketch of interior plans)
  • TDL 7/15/1923 p.A1 Ledger reader to name new Citizen's Hotel of Tacoma
  • TDL 7/17/1923 p.1 Ledger gets hotel names in abundance
  • TDL 7/22/1923 p.A1 Only four more days in which to send hotel name p.A6 (sketch)
  • TDL 7/29/1923 p.A1 Memory of writer honored; Winthrop name for new hotel; Geo. L. Dickson wins first prize in big contest (hotel named for explorer and writer Theodore Winthrop)
  • TDL 8/19/1923 p.E7 Architect tells reasons he likes site of Winthrop (hotel featured in August 1923 issue of "Hotel Management" magazine)
  • TDL 9/22/1923 p.1 Plans here for Hotel Winthrop
  • TDL 12/15/1923 p.1 Tacoma firm will build civic hotel
  • TDL 12/16/1923 p.A18 Will employ 100 for hotel work
  • TDL 12/22/1923 p.4 Work starts on Tacoma's new hotel (il)
  • TDL 1/12/1924 p.1 Tacoma firm wins contract (Ben Olson Co. to install heating and plumbing) p.2 Terra cotta contract let (to Denny-Renton Coal & Clay Co.)
  • TDL 1/18/1924 p.3 Concrete pouring for hotel starts (il)
  • TDL 2/14/1924 p.1 Winthrop manager selected; A.K. Bennett former director of world famous hostelry in Yokohoma chosen ...
  • TDL 2/20/1924 p.10 Hotel foundation nears completion (il under construction)
  • TDL 3/20/1924 p.9 Pour concrete for new hotel
  • TDL 3/23/1924 p.E10 (A. Gehri & Co., contr. for ventilation system)
  • TDL 5/18/1924 p.A4 (il under construction)
  • TDL 6/8/1924 p.A2 ... adopts Winthrop coat-of-arms (il)
  • TDL 6/29/1924 p.A4 Winthrop progress is rapid
  • TDL 7/6/1924 p.E8 (il under construction)
  • TDL 7/24/1924 p.1 Manager of Hotel Winthrop in Tacoma (Samuel Adkisson of San Francisco)
  • TDL 8/3/1924 p.E8 (il under construction)
  • TDL 8/31/1924 p.A8 (il under construction)
  • TDL 9/1/1924 p.1 Progress on hotel pleases
  • TDL 9/19/1924 p.1 Hotel Winthrop reaches topmost point (il)
  • TDL 10/8/1924 p.1 Hotel bonds authorized
  • TDL 10/12/1924 p.A1 Furnishing of hotel big task
  • TDL 10/19/1924 p.A10 Lots of work inside hotel (including "13 miles of pipes") (interior il)
  • TDL 11/23/1924 p.A5 Hotel interior is distinctive
  • TDL 11/25/1924 p.3 Man recovering after 10-story fall
  • TDL 11/27/1924 p.1 Social center at new hotel
  • TDL 11/28/1924 p.1 Winthrop cash is spent here
  • TDL 11/30/1924 p.A1 Winthrop to be big thing for Tacoma
  • TDL 12/28/1924 p.E8 (il under construction)
  • TDL 12/31/1924 p.10 Winthrop bonds are snatched up
  • TDL 1/1/1925 p.1 Let contract for Winthrop hotel lights
  • TDL 1/18/1925 p.E8 Hotel Winthrop is in finishing stages
  • TNT 1/19/1925 Tacoma to furnish Winthrop fittings
  • TDL 1/29/1925 p.1 Exterior of hotel finished (il)
  • TDL 2/22/1925 p.A14 Finishing new hotel interior
  • TDL 2/28/1925 p.1 Small loss in Winthrop roof blaze
  • TDL 3/2/1925 p.6 Hotel furnishings under way soon
  • TDL 3/22/1925 p.D1 Hotel opening is anticipated
  • TDL 3/27/1925 p.7 Hotel laundry ready April 15
  • TDL 3/29/1925 p.A1 (il under construction)
  • TDL 4/8/1925 p.1 Winthrop prepares for grand opening p.11 (il)
  • TDL 4/9/1925 p.2 Stand taken by Kiwanians controversy over "wet" vs. "dry" celebration for grand opening)
  • TDL 5/3/1925 p.A3 Winthrop Hotel's famous pastry chef gives Ledger readers favorite recipes p.A8 Winthrop gets final touches TL 5/10/1925 p.A1 Winthrop's owners to have night
  • TDL 5/12/1925 p.1 Winthrop's third wing needed now
  • TDL 5/14/1925 p.1 3,000 expected for reception
  • TNT 5/14/1925 Stockholders to celebrate ... (interior il)
  • TDL 5/15/1925 p.1 Thousands inspect Winthrop (interior il)
  • TNT 5/15/1925 Hotel dedication marks high of Tacoma spirit
  • TDL 5/16/1925 p.1 Huge crowd due tonight at Winthrop (interior il)
  • TNT 5/16/1925 Tacoma's first white child to sign register of hotel (Floyd Steele, who was born in the Steele Hotel)
  • TDL 5/17/1925 p.A1,A11,B1,B2,D1,E10 Winthrop's opening is gala event (interior ils)
  • TDL 5/24/1925 p.A1 KGB fans get big surprise (radio station to hold regular broadcasts from hotel)
  • TDL 5/27/1925 p.1 Nason named new manager for Winthrop (Albert Nason)
  • TDL 5/29/1925 p.1 Prominent Tacomans in movies (scene from "Hearts and Fists" filmed at the Winthrop)
  • TDL 6/7/1925 p.B4 (ad)
  • TNT 6/8/1925 Hotel guests furnished 200 world's greatest book (Immanuel Presbyterian Church donates hotel Bibles)
  • TDL 6/14/1925 p.D1 Winthrop teas hold interes
  • TDL 7/26/1925 p.B1 Winthrop gets new manager (Alfred K. Bennett)
  • TDL 8/16/1925 p.A1 Winthrop Hotel now open shop
  • TDL 8/30/1925 p.D1 Winthrop to be social setting
  • TNT 9/29/1925 Winthrop is ready for complaining long fellows; bed 7 ft. 6 in. long is delivered ...
  • TDL 12/3/1925 p.1 Motor salon opens today
  • TNT 2/12/1926 p.23 Virges Drug Company opens store No. 4 ... (il)
  • TDL 4/14/1926 Suppl. Big year ahead for civic hotel (interior il)
  • TDL 5/16/1926 p.A1 Year old hotel has big party
  • TNT 2/23/1927 p.7 Bungalow atop hotel awaits lumbermen (il)
  • TDL 4/12/1927 Rotogravure Sec. p.6 (il)
  • TDL 5/16/1927 p.8 Winthrop keeps its anniversary
  • TDL 9/11/1927 p.A1 Tacoma is winning many friends over nation with hotel
  • TDL 12/23/1927 Hotel bandit fights for life
  • TDL 1/26/1928 p.1 Improvements are planned for city's 2 biggest hotels (remodeling by J.E. Bonnell & Sons, contr.)
  • TNT 1/26/1928 Hotel Winthrop remodels cafes
  • TDL 4/10/1928 Sec.III p.6 New city unity given by hotel (il) Gravure Sec. p.8 (interior il of coffee shop)
  • TNT 5/9/1928 Winthrop's new coffee shop ... (interior il)
  • TDL 5/13/1928 p.A8 Winthrop Hotel shows way to airport (aerial il of new 35-foot arrow on roof)
  • TDL 10/22/1928 p.10 Airplane makes visit to hotel lobby (interior il)
  • TDL 4/9/1929 Gravure Sec. p.3 (il)
  • TDL 4/29/1930 Citizens own the Winthrop
  • TDL 12/28/1931 p.1 Huge electric sign to herald new year here
  • TDL 12/31/1931 p.8 (il of electric sign)
  • TDL 2/9/1932 Gravure Sec. p.2 (aerial il)
  • TDL 6/12/1932 p.C6 Craft shop opend in Winthrop ("The Crafts" opens on Commerce St.)
  • TDL 11/5/1933 p.B8 Winthrop dining room completed (former grill room enlarged and remodeled)
  • TDL 12/13/1936 p.A8 Club begins remodeling of quarters (roof top quarters of the University Club)
  • TNT 9/10/1937 p.13 New women's shop to open on Saturday (Helen Davis Clothing Store at 763 Broadway)
  • TDL 9/24/1937 p.11 (interior il of Helen Davis Clothing Store)
  • TNT 11/13/1937 p.3 "U" Club reopens Feb. 20th
  • TNT 1/23/1938 p.B8 Firm makes store over (Lloyd-Friesen Shoe Co.)
  • TNT 8/7/1938 p.B4 Helen Davis enlarges shop (il,interior il)
  • TNT 4/23/1939 p.1 Victims of suicide pact (hard copy only) 338.973 P83Pt 1924 p.49 (sketch) 658.87 R346M p.121 720.28 SU87A 979.7 B64 Vol.II p.826-27 (il) 979.7 W28A April 1928 (il) 979.7788 ST769H p.50
  • Year Built: 1925
  • Decade Built: 1920s
  • Style: Chicago Commercial Style with Classical Renaissance Revival elements

773 BROADWAY, TACOMA

  • 106 images. Hotel Winthrop (CONTINUED)
  • TNT 3/8/1940 p.1 Kerstetter drops dead after speech T.Times 5/4/1940 p.6 Winthrop apartments attracting interest (interior il)
  • TNT 5/12/1940 p.A7 Hotel apartment (upper floor suites available as apartments) (interior il)
  • TNT 9/19/1940 p.7 (ad for the Helen Davis Clothing Store) (il)
  • TNT 10/19/1940 p.1 Tacomans sail with "Annie" (world premiere of "Tugboat Annie Sails Again")
  • TNT 5/25/1941 p.A7 Davis shop expanding
  • TNT 4/10/1942 p.24 Hutchinson's (interior il of Hutchinson's >Specialty Shop at 767 Broadway)
  • TNT 5/31/1942 p.A15 Formal opening (interior il of Debu Beauty Salon at 765 Broadway)
  • TNT 9/15/1943 p.7 Men's shop at Winthrop (remodeling by O.L. Larson & Son, contr.) (interior il of Winthrop Men's Shop)
  • TNT 11/15/1944 p.1 Hotel attack suit opens
  • TNT 11/16/1944 p.1 Judge rules for hotel
  • TNT 10/5/1945 p.1 Halt fire in Winthrop (on the fourth floor) T.Times 10/5/1945 Blaze routs 60 guests at Winthrop (interior il)
  • TNT 12/9/1945 p.A1 Pigeons move into Winthrop, gunman paged
  • TNT 2/15/1946 p.1 Damaging earthquake shakes Tacoma
  • TNT 5/17/1946 p.1 Girl plunges or falls 7 stories to death; fatal leap follows party
  • TNT 8/3/1947 p.A1 Strike cripples 2 hotels
  • TNT 9/23/1947 p.1 Winthrop Hotel, Club strike ends
  • TNT 10/31/1947 p.1 Western Hotels, Inc. leases Winthrop
  • TNT 4/20/1948 p.26 Decoration job at the Winthrop nearly through
  • TNT 10/2/1948 p.1 Film villian has fun autographing casts (il of Peter Lorre)
  • TNT 12/24/1948 p.1 Chamber to move soon (Chamber of Commerce to take over space of former coffee shop)
  • TNT 1/15/1949 p.1 Stunt marks opening of Dimes march (il)
  • TNT 1/16/1949 It's a living ... bellhop
  • TNT 2/6/1949 p.C9 New dining room at Winthrop on main floor (new "Daffodil Room" by Ketner Bros., contr.) (sketch)
  • TNT 3/30/1949 p.12,13 New Daffodil Dining Room and Coffee Bar open (interior il)
  • TNT 4/6/1949 p.1 Weather Bureau moving to Winthrop penthouse
  • TNT 6/29/1949 p.1 Weather offices now at Winthrop
  • TNT 9/21/1949 p.2 Trader Vic opens unique Sabre Room (modeled after on old English tap room)
  • TNT 9/23/1949 p.6 Sabre Room opens (interior il)
  • TNT 10/9/1949 p.B10 Footballs off roof not so hard to catch (il)
  • TNT 7/10/1950 p.1 Big labor conclave opened (Washington State Federation of Labor convention)
  • TNT 3/2/1952 p.A16 Air raid shelters ...
  • TNT 4/7/1953 p.D12 The Sabre, and its place in Tacoma (interior il)
  • TNT 10/20/1953 p.B1 (ad for the Sabre) (interior il)
  • TNT 11/15/1955 p.6,18 Sabre Room is reopened (interior il after remodeling by Arthur Morgan & Associates of Seattle, arch.)
  • TNT 7/1/1956 p.D16 Engineer who opened Winthrop retires (il of John Glenn)
  • TNT 12/4/1956 p.4 Woman sues Winthrop Hotel
  • TNT 3/6/1957 p.D5 False fire alarm at Winthrop Hotel
  • TNT 11/18/1957 p.11 Winthrop modernizes Crystal, Bayview Rooms (Bayview formerly the Wedgewood Room) (interior il)
  • TNT 12/6/1957 p.B9 Fire started in hotel lavatory
  • TNT 2/25/1958 p.1 $250,000 improvements in Hotel Winthrop plan
  • TNT 6/22/1959 p.1 Labor absent as Kennedy speaks here (il of Senator Johh F. Kennedy and his wife, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy)
  • TNT 12/16/1959 Language troubles? Hotel staff knows 16
  • TNT 9/15/1961 p.A1 Motel unit at Winthrop being studied
  • TNT 4/19/1962 p.C5 (ad for appearance by the Ink Spots)
  • TNT 7/25/1962 p.A1 Girl falls 8 floors to death
  • TNT 11/16/1962 p.1 Winthrop Hotel may close doors Nov. 30
  • TNT 11/18/1962 p.A1 Winthrop may keep running, owners say
  • TNT 11/22/1962 p.A1 Winthrop to continue operating
  • TNT 11/23/1962 p.2 New Winthrop manager congratulated
  • TNT 11/24/1962 p.18 New manager plans to revitalize Winthrop
  • TNT 12/4/1962 p.A9 Air of anticipation marks Winthrop change
  • TNT 1/10/1963 p.14 New Winthrop elevators to be installed
  • TNT 1/16/1963 p.C8 A change at the Winthrop (il of marquee being replaced)
  • TNT 1/20/1963 p.A1 New Winthrop manager lists plans for complete remodeling of hotel (sketch)
  • TNT 1/25/1963 p.8 Story behind clock sought by Winthrop
  • TNT 2/12/1963 p.10 Winthrop won't change name, says operator
  • TNT 2/22/1963 p.9 New marquee (il)
  • TNT 3/3/1963 p.A10 Hotel to spend $60,000 on dining room
  • TNT 3/29/1963 p.D1 Winthrop to elect new towers (il)
  • TNT 4/2/1963 p.20 Impromptu picnic held at Winthrop (interior il)
  • TNT 4/27/1963 p.11 New Winthrop rooms open to public Sunday
  • TNT 5/1/1963 p.A6 New name chosen for Winthrop dining area ("The Three Keys")
  • TNT 5/10/1963 p.A8,A9 Diners in for treat at new restaurant (interior il)
  • TNT 5/16/1963 p.D12 Copter landing on Winthrop asked (sketch)
  • TNT 5/20/1963 p.7 "Live" acts coming to hotel soon (in the Golden Sabre Room)
  • TNT 5/30/1963 p.A8 (ad for the Sabre Room)
  • TNT 6/16/1963 p.A8 The Winthrop Hotel Dinner Club
  • TNT 8/7/1963 p.A1 Hotel suit asks million in damages (Winthrop sues the Western Hotels, Inc.)
  • TNT 8/15/1963 p.B3 Winthrop installing new carpet
  • TNT 10/20/1963 p.C18 (permit taken to remodel elevators)
  • TNT 10/23/1963 p.A10 Winthrop Sabre Room 2nd expansion planned
  • TNT 10/27/1963 p.B8 Hotel work progresses
  • TNT 1/3/1964 p.3 Old Winthrop lifts go out of use today (interior il)
  • TNT 1/22/1964 p.B3 (ad for Sabre Room appearance by jazz musician Billy Eckstine)
  • TNT 2/2/1964 p.B11 Halls of Fame event at Winthrop Hotel (il of actor Pat O'Brien)
  • TNT 5/10/1964 p.B10 Japanese restaurant to open here (Kokura Restaurant, named after Tacoma's Japanese sister city)
  • TNT 5/31/1964 p.C15 Top designer hired for restaurant here (Kokura Restaurant, operated by Wm. Hamman, interior design by Dale Keller) (a restaurant in Tacoma's sister city of Kokura, Japan was named for Tacoma)
  • TNT 6/7/1964 p.B4 Winthrop Hotel remodeling near $500,000 mark
  • TNT 6/23/1964 p.13 Ink Spots open here
  • TNT 7/6/1964 Most of new restaurant from Japan
  • TNT 12/3/1964 p.B4 Mystery guest hits again
  • TNT 12/9/1964 p.D8 Room damage nets 90 days
  • TNT 2/28/1965 p.A15 First Winthrop Hotel manager returns (il of Ray Clark)
  • TNT 3/24/1965 p.A1 Hotel Corp. takes control
  • TNT 9/18/1965 p.18 Winthrop laundry moves (il of one-ton spin dryer)
  • TNT 10/27/1966 p.1 Nixon sees firm RFK Demo hold (visit of future president Richard M. Nixon)
  • TNT 11/23/1966 p.1 Hotel-ledge plunge kills Tacoma man
  • TNT 11/24/1966 p.A2 Arson probed after fire at hotel
  • TNT 2/24/1967 p.1 Single with bath, please (interior il of Shetland pony checking in)
  • TNT 8/1/1968 p.A3 Hotel reports loss of $1,129
  • TNT 2/2/1969 ... award for renovation
  • TNT 4/2/1969 p.C15 Flash fire causes $1,500 damage (fire at McLean & Co. at 772 Commerce St.)
  • TNT 8/26/1969 p.1 Hotel will house 50 UPS upperclassmen
  • TNT 8/27/1970 p.A1 Winthrop Hotel sold (to the Conifer Co.)
  • TNT 7/24/1971 Winthrop Hotel will convert to apartments (remodeling by Jacobson & Wall, arch.)
  • TNT 8/1/1971 Winthrop Hotel lonely during its last hours
  • TNT 6/22/1972 p.A1 Winthrop conversion start set for August
  • TNT 7/15/1973 "New" Winthrop a boom to elderly (remodeling for senior housing by Norman Wall, arch. for the Conifer Development Corp.) (interior il)
  • TNT 11/23/1973 p.A6 Hotel transformed into apartments (interior il)
  • TNT 1/5/1975 Time Machine
  • TNT 9/12/1976 The Winthrop - high hopes but it never made money
  • TNT 5/20/1979 The Grande Dame stands jaded and jaundiced
  • TNT 7/18/1982 Time Machine: Tacoma citizens built a modern hotel (il)
  • TNT 7/25/1982 Winthrop Hotel became pride of Tacoma (il)
  • TNT 1/27/1996 p.B2 Woman falls to her death down elevator shaft
  • TNT 10/8/1996 p.C7 New downtown folk art store (The Art Shop opens at 783 Broadway)
  • TNT 9/20/2002 p.B2 Man dies after apparent jump from 5th floor of building
  • TNT 10/25/2003 p.D1 78-year-old Winthrop Hotel for sale for undisclosed price
  • TNT 11/9/2003 p.B1 "New Winthrop" dream tempered by reality of housing needs
  • TNT 11/13/2003 p.B1 Winthrop hides in plain sight, just waiting for restoration
  • TNT 11/26/2003 p.A1,A9 The future of our past (il,interior il)
  • TNT 12/2/2003 p.B1 Give vision, creativity a chance to work on Winthrop
  • TNT 12/4/2003 p.B2 Housing Authority makes move for Winthrop Hotel
  • TNT 12/11/2003 p.B51 Federal rules could help with restoration of Winthrop Hotel p.B5 Viewpoint: Low-income housing isn't best use of Winthrop Hotel
  • TNT 12/14/2003 p.B11 Viewpoint: Winthrop is rich with potential for poor (il)
  • TNT 12/17/2003 p.B7 Winthrop residents aren't problem; stereotyped thinking is
  • TNT 12/21/2003 p.E1 Spokane resident shows saving an old hotel is achievable Business Examiner 12/22/2003 p.15 Winthrop was grand hotel of its day (il)
  • TNT 12/28/2003 p.B7 Viewpoint: "Entitlement generation" plagues downtown Tacoma buildings: Winthrop residents are valuable assets (il)
  • TNT 1/4/2004 p.B6 Insight: Safe, affordable diversity; Winthrop Apartments play important role in Tacoma's downtown core
  • TNT 12/10/2004 p.D1 A chance to restore a landmark's glory (renovation proposal by A.F. Evans Development, Inc. of Oakland, CA)
  • TNT 11/29/2005 p.B1 Winthrop might shine again on prosperous city
  • TNT 12/14/2005 p.A1 City moves on Winthrop Apartments; Tacoma city officials threaten to evacuate ... if fire hazards aren't fixed ...
  • TNT 12/17/2005 p.B2 Winthrop will stay open
  • TNT 12/20/2005 p.B1 City Manager grilled over fate of Winthrop
  • TNT 12/24/2005 p.B1 Winthrop up to code, officials say
  • TNT 12/25/2005 Insight p.3 Viewpoint: Vibrant downtown depends on quick care of Winthrop
  • TNT 1/12/2006 p.A10 Developer details Winthrop plans (il)
  • TNT 1/17/2006 p.B1 Plan to restore Winthrop Hotel passes first test T.Weekly 2/9/2006 p.A2 City proposes guidelines for potential Winthrop buyer
  • TNT 2/13/2006 p.B1 Mayor opposes Winthrop sale; Baarsma, others cling to dream of restoring hotel to former grandeur T.Weekly 3/2/2006 p.A1 Three groups interested in hotel for Winthrop
  • TNT 3/22/2006 p.B1 Tacoma council split on plan for Winthrop Street Pluse Apr. 2006 p.1 Will the Winthrop close?
  • TNT 4/6/2006 p.B1 No villians, just good intentions in fight for hotel
  • TNT 6/22/2006 p.B1 State funds go to Winthrop
  • TNT 7/13/2006 p.A1 Winthrop deal clears political obstacle; mayor drops fight
  • TNT 7/23/2006 p.Insight 1 Tacoma's future relies on its past (il)
  • TNT 8/22/2006 p.A1 One hotel suitor wants to restore early glory ... a new prospect arrives on the scene ...
  • TNT 8/31/2006 p.B1 Rich, poor both can win, and so can Winthrop T.Weekly 8/31/2006 p.D1 Developer envisions four-star hotel for Winthrop (renovation proposal by Quigg Brothers, Inc.) (il)
  • TNT 9/2/2006 p.B2 Winthrop Hotel off open market; San Francisco developer (A.F. Evans Co.) negotiates new deal to try to buy Tacoma icon T.Daily Index 9/7/2006 p.1 A downtown corner at a crossroads; could future development of the Winthrop change a downtown neighborhood ? (il) T.Weekly 9/7/2006 p.D1 Winthrop could gain extra funding
  • TNT 9/12/2006 p.A1 Winthrop suitor says he's up for deal with rival
  • TNT 9/13/2006 p.B2 Vote on Winthrop has to wait T.Weekly 9/14/2006 p.D1 Council postpones decision ... T.Daily Index 9/20/2006 p.1 Another chapter for historic Winthrop Hotel (il)
  • TNT 9/20/2006 p.A1 Landmarks could see renaissance; Winthrop Hotel closer to dream of four-star lodge (il)
  • TNT 9/21/2006 p.B1 Council has trouble reading the tea leaves T.Weekly 9/21/2006 p.D1 Groups move forward with Winthrop plans T.Daily Index 9/22/2006 p.1 Spokane's Davenport Hotel provides one perspectice on Winthrop renovation T.Daily Index 9/26/2006 p.1 With clock ticking, developers move toward Winthrop Hotel vision GTWY 9/27/2006 p.A25 Harbor resident Tim Quigg loves hotels T.Weekly 9/28/2006 p.D1 Third tower possible for Winthrop
  • TNT 10/1/2006 Insight p.1 The Winthrop: A return to glory ? (il,interior il) T.Daily Index 10/2/2006 p.1 Radio signal gone, but former Tacoma broadcaster tunes into Winthrop's future T.Daily Index 10/4/2006 p.1 TPD, downtown merchant efforts lead to Winthrop bust (il) T.Daily Index 10/12/2006 p.1 Hotel developers find ally in affordable housing community (il) T.Daily Index 10/17/2006 p.1 A glimpse inside the Winthrop (il,interior il) T.Daily Index 10/19/2006 p.1 Winthrop's renovation, 30 years ago T.Weekly 10/19/2006 p.D1 Figure to restore Winthrop higher than expected T.Daily Index 10/24/2006 p.1 Crucial week for Winthrop Hotel developers (il) T.Daily Index 10/30/2006 p.1 Winthrop Hotel developers appear to be out of negotiations
  • TNT 11/3/2006 p.1 Prium may purchase Winthrop Hotel building
  • TNT 11/3/2006 p.A1 Winthrop could sparkle again; new potential buyer ... (Prium Companies)
  • TNT 11/12/2006 p.B1 Winthrop plan began with a guy with a vision (Tim Quigg)
  • TNT 12/6/2006 p.B2 Winthrop deal grows sweeter
  • TNT 12/16/2006 p.D1 Winthrop Hotel deal faces hurdles ... federal and city complications in the deal
  • TNT 1/9/2007 p.B1 City prepares Winthrop loan
  • TNT 1/10/2007 p.B2 City Council grants $2 million loan to restore glory to Winthrop Hotel T.Weekly 1/11/2007 p.D1 City council approves Winthrop loan
  • TNT 1/14/2007 p.D1 A windfall for Winthrop - but what of the people? T.Daily Index 2/5/2007 p.1 Developers close another chapter on Winthrop Hotel (ownership transferred to Prium, Inc.) T.Daily Index 2/23/2007 p.1 Safe at home? ... managers try a new tenant amenity -- security (il) T.Daily Index 9/26/2007 p.1 Developer eyes City surplus property for Winthrop Hotel project T.Weekly 9/27/2007 p.A2 Prium exploring options for Winthrop residents
  • TNT 10/2/2007 p.B1 Whote city should share housing duty
  • TNT 3/25/2008 p.B1 Man found dead after Tacoma fire
  • TNT 3/26/2008 p.B2 Cigarette left on chair caused fire ...
  • TNT 5/11/2008 p.B1 A confident Tacoma welcomes the Winthrop Hotel (il) T.Daily Index 6/2/2009 p.1 Inside the Winthrop: commanding views from the former hotel's penthouse suite (il) T.Daily Index 6/4/2009 p.1 Winthrop history, development ideas equally storied (il)
  • TNT 6/4/2009 p.A1 Winthrop project another victim of recession T.Daily Index 6/16/2009 p.1 A voice from the Winthrop; after 15 years at downtown's most notorious address, Glenn Grigsby has seen it all T.Daily Index 6/26/2009 p.1 A voice from the Winthrop T.Daily Index 7/15/2009 p.1 A voice from the Winthrop; Nanette Colby's urban experience T.Daily Index 7/30/2009 p.1 A voice from the Winthrop; the ups and downs of the "Yo-Yo Man" (il) T.Daily Index 8/5/2009 p.1 Historic hotel or affordable housing? (il) T.Weekly 8/6/2009 p.A2 THA interested in Winthrop T.Daily Index 8/13/2009 p.1 A voice from the Winthrop ... David Allen T.Daily Index 8/20/2009 p.1 A voice from the Winthrop; David Miller ... T.Daily Index 8/21/2009 p.1 Crime Stoppers offers $1,000 reward for Winthrop serial arsonist T.Daily Index 8/25/2009 p.1 Cleaning up a neighborhood, battling a building's reputation (il) T.Daily Index 8/27/2009 p.1 A voice from the Winthrop ... Kerry Hudson T.Daily Index 9/1/2009 p.1 A voice from the Winthrop ... Jessica Creso
  • TNT 9/3/2009 p.A3 Two new fires at Winthrop Apartments
  • TNT 9/4/2009 p.A3 More fires at apartments brings total to eight
  • TNT 9/5/2009 p.A3 Arrest made in Winthrop Apartments fires
  • TNT 9/9/2009 p.A3 Papers say suspect set fires to attract cops T.Daily Index 9/10/2009 p.1 Winthrop resident named Safe Streets Superstar (il of Glenn Grigsby)
  • TNT 9/14/2009 p.A3 He's a neighborhood watcher ... group to honor Winthrop resident (il of Glenn Grigsby) T.Daily Index 10/23/2009 p.1 Living on edge; inside the Winthrop arson investigation T.Daily Index 12/29/2009 p.1 Year in Review: Winthrop Hotel T.Daily Index 2/2/2010 p.1 Accused Winthrop arsonist pleads guilty T.Daily Index 4/23/2010 p.1 7-year prison sentence for Winthrop arsonist (il)
  • TNT 4/23/2010 p.A4 Man sentenced to 7 years for Winthrop Apartments fires
  • TNT 5/23/2010 p.D1 Winthrop's role in a new Tacoma (il) T.Daily Index 8/17/2010 p.1 Leaving the Winthrop; after 15 years at downtown Tacoma's most notorious address Glen Grisby moves on (il) Ranger 10/21/2010 The building that surrounds the ballroom (interior il)
  • TNT 7/17/2011 p.A1 Unraveling an empire; Prium Companies (il) T.Daily Index 8/9/2011 p.1 A building on the brink (il) T.Daily Index 8/10/2011 p.1 A building on the brink; a line-item look ... hefty deferred maintenance bill T.Daily Index 8/19/2011 p.1 A building on the brink; add nuisance report, falling debris ... (il)
  • TNT 8/19/2011 p.A1 Bank seeks receiver for Winthrop
  • TNT 11/3/2011 p.A1 Latest move by Prium: Bankruptcy for Winthrop
  • TNT 2/3/2013 p.B1 Hot water gets Winthrop tenant into more of same T.Weekly 5/10/2013 p.A5 Editorial: Aging Winthrop Hotel has amazing potential
  • TNT 6/6/2014 p.A1 California company in line for Winthrop T.Daily Index 1/26/2015 p.1 Landmarks Commission briefing planned for historic Tacoma building (il) T.Daily Index 1/28/2015 p.1 A glimpse inside the penthouse suite, Crystall Ballroom (interior il)
  • TNT 3/7/2015 p.A3 Second elevator breaks, forcing tenants to move
  • TNT 4/1/2015 p.A11 Winthrop could see $20 million renovation
  • TNT 5/7/2015 p.A1 Sale closes for Tacoma's Winthrop hotel (purchased by Redwood Housing Partners of California) (il)
  • TNT 5/24/2015 p.A1 A reawakening for Tacoma silent film! Long-lost "Eyes of the Totem" undergoing restoration for a local September screening (il)
  • Year Built: 1940
  • Decade Built: 1940s

773 BROADWAY, TACOMA

  • 106 images. Chamber of Commerce Bldg. Hatherton & McIntosh, arch. D.B. Adams, contr. -cornerstone laid 5/13/1892 -bldg. originally planned for the site of Old City Hall, bldg. sites traded with the City of Tacoma -site includes 771-75 Broadway, 772-776 Commerce St.
  • TDL 5/15/1889 p.3 Finest on the coast
  • TDL 7/2/1889 p.7 Plans wanted
  • TDL 11/1/1889 p.5 The new building
  • TDL 1/26/1890 p.3 (ad for plans/bids)
  • TDL 3/1/1890 p.4 Plans for a chamber
  • TDL 5/18/1890 p.12 Massive and grand (sketch)
  • TDL 7/18/1890 p.5 Tacoma firm wins
  • TDL 5/28/1891 p.5 The trade moving on
  • TDL 7/12/1891 p.5 Will swap the sites
  • TDL 3/6/1892 p.6 Chamber's new home
  • TDL 5/14/1892 p.5 The building begun (dedication)
  • TDL 4/28/1893 p.3 One of the finest
  • TDL 6/13/1893 p.4 The Masons "at home"
  • TDL 7/4/1893 p.5 To its new home
  • TDL 9/26/1898 p.8 Alleys will be added (bowling alleys)
  • TDL 11/16/1898 p.3 Will own it in time
  • TDL 11/10/1912 p.19 puzzling devices in Tacoma office (weather station) TNL 2/18/1917 p.27 Y.M.C.A. to take roomy quarters TNL 6/10/1917 p.11 Electric elevator in Broadway building TNL 2/17/1918 p.D9 New cafeteria soon to be opened by Y.W. T.Tribune 5/26/1918 Tribune photo of new Y.W.C.A. cafeteria (interior il of the Winthrop Cafeteria & Tea Room designed by J.B. Jenkins)
  • TDL 10/26/1919 p.B6 (interior il of Blue Bird Electrical Shop)
  • TDL 9/19/1920 p.B7 Electric apparatus manufactured here (interior il of Blue Bird Electrical Shop)
  • TNT 12/13/1921 Do you remember? (il of cornerstone ceremony)
  • TDL 3/17/1923 p.1 Deal closed for citizen's hotel site (il)
  • TDL 4/25/1923 p.1 Ccall bids on clearing hotel site (bldg. to be demolished to make way for the Winthrop Hotel)
  • TDL 5/13/1923 p.A1 Corner stone open too soon; early end to Chamber of Commerce Building spoils dreams of many
  • TDL 9/16/1923 p.A5 Masons get historic cornerstone box (il)
  • TDL 1/13/1924 p.E8 Hicks building to be built by Post (new bldg. at 923-25 Tacoma Ave. So. to be built with bricks from the Chamber of Commerce Bldg.)
  • TDL 2/9/1932 Gravure Sec. p.3 (il of cornerstone ceremony in 1892)
  • TNT 6/4/1942 p.32 (il of cornerstone ceremony in 1892) 352.3 G42S p.121 (il) 720.28 T119TR p.5 (il) 979.72 H91 Vol.II p.167-170 979.72 T11C (il)
  • Year Built: 1892
  • Decade Built: 1890s
  • Demolished
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