One of 10 technical drawings created by Harry E. Flickinger on July 1929 for the City of Tacoma. The jail was an addition to the south wing of the City Hall Annex. The structure was eventually demolished in April 1974.

Harry E. Flickinger was a draftsman for the City of Tacoma in the 1940s. One of Flickinger's few appearances in the historical record was in a profile for the Tacoma Times with an accompanying photo by the Richards Studio of the designer sitting in front of a detailed custom model train set, with multiple electrical switchboards and a painted mountain background.