1520 South 5th Street (1910)

Turn right at the corner of South 5th Street.

This house was built and established for a couple by the name of John and Alfrida Peterson in the year of 1910. John and his brother Peter both were Swedish immigrants who arrived in the city of Tacoma in the year 1891.

This home was built for the Peterson couple in the year 1910. John and his brother both immigrated from Sweden to the city of Tacoma in 1891. The brothers worked on the construction of the Pierce County Courthouse before starting their own business, Peterson Brothers, in 1894. The brothers sold hay, grain and feed from a location at South 10th and K Streets. The brothers eventually purchased a feed mixing and grinding mill at 13th and Wilkeson Streets. John was also the president of Peterson Brothers Wood, Grain and Coal Company, Peterson Brothers Investment Company, and president of the West Coast Chair Company. The Peterson brothers also built the Roosevelt Apartment building at 1104 South Yakima Avenue. John was active in the Chamber of Commerce and the Swedish Mission Tabernacle (922 S. I Street). The home remained in the family until 2003.

A Walking Tour of the Wedge District. Tacoma, Wa. Historic Tacoma Press, 2009.