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FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 2014
Vol. CXXIII, No. 119
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY OF TACOMA Devoted to the Courts, Real Estate, Finance, Industrial Activities, and Publication of Legal Notices
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Tacoma Municipal Barn could soon be added to historic register Article By Todd Matthews, Editor Photo Courtesy City of Tacoma / Caroline T. Swope A building dating back more than 100 years and located near Tacoma's former warehouse district could be added to the City of Tacoma's Register of Historic Places in July. The former Tacoma Municipal Barn, also known as the "City Shops and Stables Building" and located at 2324 S. C St., was built in 1910 at a cost of approximately $30,000, according to the nomination prepared by Caroline T. Swope, a preservation consultant at Kingstree Studios, on behalf of Historic Tacoma. "The Municipal Barn embodies the tranThe 104-yearsitional period between old Tacoma horse-dominated transMunicipal Barn, portation and automoalso known as biles, and is a rare examthe "City Shops ple of a Craftsman style and Stables concrete building," wrote Building" and Swope in the nominalocated near tion. Tacoma's forHighlights from the mer warehouse historic nomination indistrict, could be clude: added to the City — A grand opening on of Tacoma's RegMarch 7, 1910, includister of Historic ed a display of freshly Places in July. brushed horses wearing pink ribbons, comments from Tacoma Mayor John W. Linck, and free sandwiches, coffee, and cigars; — At one point, the building was home to 53 horses, six cats who kept the premises free of mice, and a goat named "Billy"; — Manure produced by the City's horses, and picked up from the streets by the street cleaning team, was used in residential gardens; — In addition to holding horses, wagons, a feed grinder, and a blacksmith shop, the building also served machinists, broom-makers, carpenters, painters, and pipe-fitters; — Building designer and City engineer Wilbur C. Raleigh was also the supervising engineer for the construction of the Murray Morgan Bridge and the Puyallup River Bridge. Tacoma's Landmarks Preservation Commission initially reviewed the nomination in March, and held a public hearing on the nomination in
April. Last month, the City of Tacoma began to accept bids on a $430,000 project to install a new roof, overhangs, and gutters for the sprawling, City-owned building that occupies a full city block near the corner of South Holgate Street and South 24th Street. The bid deadline expired at 11 a.m., on Tues., June 3. Three contractors submitted bids on the project: D & D Construction (Puyallup, Wash.) — $418,800; Stetz Construction (Lakewood, Wash.) — $425,000; and Jones & Roberts Company (Olympia, Wash.) — $438,300. Tacoma City Council is tentatively scheduled to vote on Tues., July 1, on a resolution to add the
building to Tacoma's Register of Historic Places. To read the Tacoma Daily Index's complete and comprehensive coverage of the Tacoma Municipal Barn, visit our Web site for the following articles: — 3 contractors bid on Tacoma Municipal Barn roof replacement project (Tacoma Daily Index, June 5, 2014) — New roof planned for century-old Tacoma Municipal Barn (Tacoma Daily Index, May 15, 2014) — Public hearing scheduled for Shops and Stables Building historic nomination (Tacoma Daily Index, April 18, 2014) — Shops and Stables Building nominated to Tacoma's historic register (Tacoma Daily Index, March 21, 2014)