Condemned Shacks Near Downtown Face Demolition
Building inspector condemns wooden structures at a prime downtown intersection, forcing a transition to modern brick development.
As soon as arrangements for party walls can be perfected, a one-story brick building will be erected on the four lots at the corner of Pacific Avenue and Eighth Street. The old shacks now standing on the lots were recently condemned by Building Inspector Sherman, and the owners of the lots, A. T. Hosmer and others, have practically decided to build a brick block.
“The old shacks now standing on the lots were recently condemned by Building Inspector Sherman.”
Pacific Avenue and 8th Street remains a central nexus in Tacoma's historic district. The move from wooden 'shacks' to brick construction mirrors the city's early 20th-century push to formalize urban density and move away from frontier-era makeshift housing.
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