Archive for the ‘Buildings’ Category

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07

Washington State Historical Society

Posted by Carol Miller 2 Comments »

Downtown Tacoma has a lot of history in its old buildings with each one telling a story. This is a picture of the “Washington State Historical Society” built in 1909 on Stadium Way. The original building cost $25,000 and then in 1973 a new wing was added to the facility. In 1996 the Society opened the new Washington Sate History Museum next to the restored Union Station downtown. When I drive by the original building I always wonder if it is vacant. I guess I need to investigate to answer my question unless someone out there knows the answer!

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07

Reading Anyone?

Posted by Carol Miller No Comments »

Tacoma has so much history and lot of old buildings that tell a story.  Here is a picture of the Proctor district library “Anna Lemon Wheelock”.  It was originally built in 1927 and in 1958 an addition was built.  Then in 1984 the library was enlarged to 17,000 sq ft.  To read more in detail the history of the library and see how they kept the look of of the original structure visit: http://www.tpl.lib.wa.us/Page.aspx?nid=60

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

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29

Tacoma Building

Posted by Carol Miller 2 Comments »

Great way to utilize a corner lot in downtown Tacoma!