To continue art month, I took advantage of Tacoma’s Art at Work Studio Tour. The F.S. Building at 2926 S. Steele St. had three open studios.
- William Turner williamturnerart.com
- Becky Frehse beckyfrehse.com
- Betty Sapp Ragan bettysappragan.com
The large warehouse building was constructed in 1908 as the Willamette Casket Co. with Frederick Heath as the architect. It was then the Gregory Furniture Manufacturing Co. In 1944 there was a significant fire and in 1945 the plant sold to the F.S. Harmon Manufacturing Co. In 1953 and 1955 there were two fires.
This is my seventh building that was designed by Frederick Heath. The others are:
- http://blog.firsttries.com/?p=2012 Oakland School
- http://blog.firsttries.com/?p=1961 Urban Grace
- http://blog.firsttries.com/?p=1335 Titlow Lodge
- http://blog.firsttries.com/?p=2370 Tacoma Public School’s CAB
- http://blog.firsttries.com/?p=2374 McKinley School
- http://blog.firsttries.com/?p=5755 Pythian Temple