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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 2014
Vol. CXXIV, No. 68
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2 buildings join Tacoma's historic register Article By Todd Matthews, Editor Photos Courtesy City of Tacoma (Buildings) / By Todd Matthews, Editor (Susan Johnson) Two buildings dating back more than 100 years and located in Tacoma's former warehouse district will join the City of Tacoma's Register of
Historic Places. The former J. E. Aubry Wagon & Auto Works Building (left), located 2015 S. C St., was built in 1910 by architect O. F. Larson (who also designed the Olympus Hotel in downtown Tacoma, as well as Jason Lee Middle School), according to a nomination prepared by Susan Johnson (center), an architectural historian at Tacoma-based Artifacts Consulting. The building's original owner, J. E. Aubry, serviced wagons and carriages out of the three-story brick building. Aubry later shifted his focus to repairing automobile as modes of transportation changed. The former Hunt Mottet Warehouse (right), located at 2109-2115 S. C St., was built in 1907 by the architectural firm Bullard and Hill, which also designed the historic J. B. Stevens Garage,
otherwise known as the "Graffiti Garage," in downtown Tacoma, according to the nomination. The building's original owner, Frederick Mottet, operated the Hunt Mottet Company, a wholesale hardware distributor serving the local logging, farming, and mining industries. The nominations were submitted by Horizon Commerce Partners, a Tacoma-based commercial real estate and investment company that owns both buildings. In 2005, the developer renovated another historic building in the neighborhood: the seven-story, 20-unit Hunt Mottet Lofts at 2125 S. Commerce St. Tacoma's Landmarks Preservation Commission reviewed the nominations in December to determine whether the buildings met criteria required to be nominated to the local historic register. A public hearing on the nominations was held in February.
"Both [of these buildings] are emblematic of the type of development that occurred in this industrial area at the early part of the 20th Century," said City of Tacoma Historic Preservation Officer Reuben McKnight during a city council meeting Tuesday. Tacoma City Council approved a resolution during the meeting to place the buildings on Tacoma's historic register. McKnight noted the owner plans to use tax incentives available to historic properties in order to rehabilitate both buildings.