Tacoma Historical Society

Category: Museum in Tacoma, Washington

Address: 406 Tacoma Ave S, Tacoma, WA 98402, USA

Phone: +12534723738

Opening hours

Sunday: Closed

Monday: Closed

Tuesday: Closed

Wednesday: 11AM–3PM

Thursday: 11AM–3PM

Friday: 11AM–3PM

Saturday: 11AM–3PM

Reviews

Maggie Liu

Jul 13, 2022

Only 3 minutes walking from the W.W. Seymour Botanical Conservatory. The staff are very nice but there are not a lot of exhibits. And there are some homeless walking on the street nearby.

Elaine Schultz

Jan 9, 2021

A fabulous staff with pertinent displays.

Noel Helegda

Jun 4, 2019

A wonderful collection telling the history of Tacoma through the eyes and words of people who were actually there. It is my hope to be able to add to this collection in the near future.

Zachary Cleveland

May 7, 2018

For years I enjoyed driving up and down the streets of historic parts of North Tacoma. I always wished and thought that it would be so cool if we got to learn about the homes. I didn't even know they had been putting home tours on for the last 16 years but just found out about the 2018 homes tour this year. I went to my first one and have every intention of going to next year's as well. Awesome! Thank you all so much for helping fulfill a want from my childhood and many many thanks to the homeowners for sharing their homes!

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Questions & Answers

How do I find out if my 1902 home could be listed as historic?

Rebecca Stocker | Aug 10, 2022
edward D onroe | Aug 11, 2022

Call the tacoma historical society, they will know who you should get in touch with.

Is the old elms club downtown considered an historical site

Ron Park | Aug 10, 2022
Erik | Aug 11, 2022

This website from the City of Tacoma is the resource for that information. https://wspdsmap.cityoftacoma.org/website/HistoricIs/viewer.htm

I am cleaning out a family house and have found several older pieces of printed material concerning Fern Hill and other areas of Tacoma. Could I donate these and if so where?

Don Frye | Aug 10, 2022
Rose Mattison | Aug 11, 2022

Absolutely! Just stop by the Tacoma Historical with your treasures. 919 Pacific Avenue.

First mayor of tacoma Washington.

Ken Stortini | Aug 10, 2022
Michael Lafreniere | Aug 11, 2022

Tacoma's early history is a bit convoluted, with a few smaller towns (Old Tacoma, Tacoma City, New Tacoma) that predate the government of Tacoma as we know it today. They were consolidated and formed into the City of Tacoma by the WA State Legislature in January 1884. An interim mayor was then appointed, John Wilson Sprague (1817-1893). In May 1884, Tacoma's first election tapped Robert Jacob Weisbach (1832-1889) to be its first elected Mayor. He is considered to be responsible for having organized the tragic forced expulsion of Chinese by a mob on November 3, 1885.

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