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T111-1
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- 1936-08-21 (Creation)
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Over the years the Tacoma Yacht Club has had several homes. This is the Yacht club as it looked in August, 1936. The club house was originally built around 1916 as the office for Seabourne Shipyards. It was moved to this site for the Yacht Club by scow in 1923, and remodeled by Carl August Darmer, Architect. In 1936 it was remodeled for a second time by Silas Nelsen, Architect, as a modern 3 story structure. The second floor featured a 50 x 35 foot sun porch, glassed in on 2 sides. The first floor contained the quarters of Capt. and Mrs. Swanson. Capt. Swanson was the club caretaker. The 2nd floor contained the lobby, lounge and billiard room. The upper floor was a dance hall. (T. Times 8/21/1936, pg.1) (photo filed with Argentum)
Tacoma Yacht Club (Tacoma); Point Defiance Park (Tacoma); Silas E. Nelsen Architects (Tacoma);