The William Ross Rust House is a notable landmark in Tacoma. Built on the border of the North Slope Historic District in 1905, the mansion became the residence of William Ross Rust, President of the Tacoma Smelter and Refining Company. William Ross Rust House has 18 rooms, four baths, eight fireplaces and French Empire Interior. The house features Wilkeson sandstone, a stone with a pinkish tint particular to Tacoma.
Built in 1901, the Rhodes house stands as a symbol of heritage for Tacoma. Renovated in 2006 by Geoff Corso and Marshall McClintock, the Rhodes House is a stop on the Historical Society's Tour of Grand Homes and is listed as a historical place in the national register. It was originally built for Henry Rhodes, one of the Rhodes brothers, by architects Ambrose J. Russel and Frederick Heath.
Historic Homes of Tacoma visits the home of Von Boecklin, a German-born woodworker who came to America in 1878 at the age of 2. The Von Boecklin house is in North End of Tacoma and has three-quarter round columns in the living room, wall-to-wall bookcases, circular staircase and leaded glass doors. The Von Boecklin house is a tribute to woodworking with several columns made from hand-sawn planks for a sturdy and long-lasting residential structure.
Built in 1921, the Rhodesleigh mansion has eight bathrooms and seven bathrooms, with a square footage of 12,600 on one and a half acres in Tacoma. Rhodesleigh also has a boat house and five fireplaces. As a tribute to World War I hero, Edward Rhodes, the mansion is a Tudor revival style home on the shores of Lake Steilacoom. The house is a setting for weddings, retreats, dinners and romantic getaways.
Also known as the Weyerhaeuser Mansion, Haddaway Hall is a manor style house on the Tacoma Historical Society tour. With two floors, eight bedrooms and individual baths, Haddaway Hall accommodates a multitude of guests. Once owned by timber magnate John Philip Weyerhaeuser and his wife Anna, the house took on the nickname "Haddaway" after John's nickname for his wife, being that she always "had her way." Haddaway Hall maintains an English-style garden outside and several fireplaces inside. Northwest Baptist Seminary now owns the manor-style home.
