Tacoma City Council approved a resolution Tuesday that places two buildings located in the Hilltop neighborhood on the city’s register of historic places.
The Kellogg-Sicker Building, located at 1114-16 Martin Luther King Jr. Way and the former home of Browne’s Star Grill, and the Pochert Building, located at 1110-12 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, date back to 1906 and 1904, respectively, and were designed by pioneer Tacoma architect Carl August Darmer. Both properties, which sit vacant today, were purchased by the City of Tacoma in 2005. Historic Tacoma, a non-profit organization that advocates for historic preservation, placed the buildings on its “Watch List” of endangered properties. Historic Tacoma submitted the nomination last year.
During a series of public meetings earlier this year, Tacoma’s Landmarks Preservation Commission found the properties eligible for Tacoma’s historic register and recommended city councilmembers formally include the properties on the list.
To read the Tacoma Daily Index‘s complete and comprehensive coverage of the Kellogg‐Sicker Building and Pochert Building landmark nominations, click on the following links:
- 2 Hilltop buildings could be added to Tacoma’s historic register (Tacoma Daily Index, 06/11/13)
- 2 Tacoma Hilltop buildings move closer to historic landmark status (Tacoma Daily Index, 02/27/13)
- Inside Tacoma’s Kellogg-Sicker, Pochert Buildings (Tacoma Daily Index, 02/12/13)
- Tacoma commission to consider historic landmark nomination for Browne’s Star Grill (Tacoma Daily Index, 02/01/13)
- Hilltop’s Browne’s Star Grill building nominated to Tacoma’s historic register (Tacoma Daily Index, 11/14/12)
- Council approves Hilltop properties purchase: though one development deal is stalled, interest in properties is sparked (Tacoma Daily Index, 09/21/05)
- Council weighs options for Hilltop development (Tacoma Daily Index, 08/31/05)
- Council to discuss Hilltop properties acquisition and disposition (Tacoma Daily Index, 08/29/05)
- Council to consider purchasing three Hilltop properties (Tacoma Daily Index, 09/19/05)
- Council to consider purchasing three Hilltop properties (Tacoma Daily Index, 09/14/05)
- Council to consider purchasing three Hilltop properties (Tacoma Daily Index, 09/12/05)
