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Built in 1925 – Architect E.J.T. Hoffman

P 2: This view of the buildings on the west side of Broadway in downtown Tacoma looking north from South 11th Street dates from October 1929. The buildings include: S. H. Kress & Company (934-36 Broadway), which opened at this address in 1925; Burnett Brothers jewelry store (932 Broadway), with its well known street clock;
the Pythian Temple (924-26 Broadway); and
the Colonial Theater (916-18 Broadway). At
​the far north end of the street in this photograph (far right) is the wedge-shaped Bostwick Block building.

P 1:  This was how the 920-930 block of Broadway appeared in September of 1946. Starting on the left was the Kress Building, 934-36 Broadway. It was built in 1925 for the S.H. Kress & Co. dimestore
and now houses SSF Structural Engineering

and is on the city's historic registry. Next was Leed's Shoes at 932 Broadway. Payless Drugs
was located next in the Gardner-Wallace Block,
​928-30 Broadway.