3 images. Dave Gross Block C.A. Darmer arch. Cornell Bros., contr. -plans at the Univ. of Wash., Special Collections Dept. -previously the site of Mrs. Grilley's Cake Depot -rebuilt/remodeled for Metropolitan Chain Stores, Inc. in 1928
TDL 11/13/1904 p.19 New building for C Street
TDL 3/4/1906 p.18 permits
TDL 4/15/1906 p.18 permits
TDL 6/15/1913 p.19 Property on which $79,000 profit was realized (il) TNL 12/2/1917 p.35 (ad for the Lou Johnson Co.,sketch) 720.979 D25R ----- Metropolitan Chain Stores, Inc.
TDL 3/2/1928 p.5 Store leases on Broadway (rebuilding/remodeling for Metropolitan Chain Stores, Inc.)
TDL 3/4/1928 p.E8 Lease of store on Broadway is consumated
TNT 9/19/1940 p.1 Two Tacoma plants hit by fire ----- Lundquist Lilly Men's Wear -founded in 1919 by Howard Lilly
TNT 8/14/1961 p.2 Men's store to replace Metropolitan (remodeling for clothing store by Lea, Pearson & Richards, arch.)
TNT 11/16/1961 p.A6 Time for open house (remodeling by Woodard Construction Co., contr.) (il) p.A7 ... opens new store tomorrow (sketch)
TNT 11/26/1967 p.C18 Downtown men's store to close ----- Urban Renewal Dept.
TNT 12/25/1968 p.B14 (permit taken to remodel first floor) ----- LeRoy Jewelers -established in 1941 by Irving Farber -the word "LeRoy" is French for "the King" -moved into bldg. c.1970 -street clock installed c.1988
TNT 12/3/1991 Even in the rough, downtown's been a gem for LeRoy Jewelers
TNT 12/22/1994 p.C7 Neon on Broadway
TNT 3/5/2006 p.D1 Rare gem sparkled in Tacoma; downtown's doyenne retires after 65 years: Hazel Farber, tenacious owner of LeRoy Jewelers, has retired
TNT 12/26/2022 p.1 Tacoma's 102 year old LeRoy street clock to be restored (ext il) 979.778 H628H Vol.I p.434
Four men admire a new suit outside the Lundquist-Lilly Men's Wear store on Broadway on November 13, 1961. L-R are Ralph Gilham, president, Fred Tague, Dick Nelson and Jerry Morris, department heads. The 6000 square foot clothing store replaced the Metropolitan Chain Store at that location. Tacoma architects Lea, Pearson & Richards provided designs for the remodeling with Woodard Construction Co as contractors. Lundquist-Lilly held a 7-day open house to celebrate the November opening of their new store; they had previously been located at 11th & Commerce since 1921. It was to close its doors six years later. (TNT 11-16-61, A-6, 7)