Physical address
1953 C Street [map]
Do not send mail to this address. The mailing address for all UW Tacoma offices is 1900 Commerce Street, Tacoma, WA 98402-3100.
| Office | Room |
|---|---|
| Admissions | MAT 251 |
| ASUWT (student government) | MAT 107 |
| Career Development and Education | MAT 106 |
| Copy and Mail Center | MAT 053 |
| Dawg House Cafe | MAT 154 (oUWTpost) |
| Disability Support Services | MAT 354 |
| Enrollment Services | MAT 253 |
| Facilities Services | MAT 005 |
| Financial Aid | MAT 213 |
| International Student Services | MAT 203 |
| Ledger, The | MAT 151 |
| New Student Programs | MAT 106 |
| Registrar, Office of the | MAT 253 |
| Student Activities Board | MAT 104 |
| Student Affairs, Division of | MAT 352 |
| Student Counseling Center | MAT 354 |
| Student Health and Wellness | MAT 354 |
| Student Involvement | MAT 103 |
| Student Services | MAT 106 |
| Tahoma West | MAT 152 |
| Veteran & Military Services | MAT 206 |
| Space | Room |
|---|---|
| Classroom | MAT 214 |
| Space | Room |
|---|---|
| oUWTpost Student Lounge | MAT 153 |
History
Built 1908, 1912 / Renovated 2003
The Mattress Factory is made up of two buildings with very different histories. The southern part was originally the Lindstrom-Berg Cabinet Works and the northern part was a factory built for the Harmon Furniture Company. “Ghost writing” ads for the firm can still be seen on the building’s exterior and on other restored buildings on campus.
Charles W. Lindstrom founded the cabinet company in the 1890s and partnered with Gustave Berg in 1899, just as Tacoma experienced a terrific building boom. The city’s largest wholesale cabinet works, Lindstrom-Berg created hardwood interior fixtures for offices, banks, stores and bars. Their two-story wooden building on this spot was destroyed by fire in October 1907. Architect Frederick Heath designed the new brick building, and it was finished in time for the cabinet works to reopen just three months after the fire. The company, which employed about two dozen workers, remained in business until 1928. The building was later used by several enterprises, including a creamery, a wholesale grocery, a glue manufacturer and a feed wholesaler, until the 1970s.
Prominent architect Carl A. Darmer designed the Harmon Building on Pacific Avenue, used as a warehouse by F.S. Harmon & Company, a large furniture store with branches in Portland, Seattle and Spokane. Darmer also designed this flatiron-shaped (triangular) factory for the manufacture of furniture and mattresses. Particularly massive floors were built to support the heavy materials. A skybridge connected the two Harmon buildings (it was removed in 2000). In 1945 the company moved to another location. Sears Roebuck used the factory building as a warehouse from 1947 to 1953.
McGranahan Architects of Tacoma, with Miller Hull Architects of Seattle as the associated architect firm, designed the renovation of the two buildings for the university.
Building maps
Ground floor
First floor
Second floor
Third floor
