trusted. The house was demolished between 1929 and 1931 to make way for the second Denny regrade. Nist is buried between his wives, Mary on his left and Josephine on his right, as inscribed on the tombstone at Calvary Cemetery in the Ravenna neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. Nist's family-owned company Queen City Box Manufacturing had expanded its operations by 1903 to include a mining effort in Whatcom County, Washington, with the purchase of a mine formerly owned by the Horseshoe Mining Company. Sixteen years after the founding of the family business, Nist's eldest son Michael took over the company in 1905, moved it to the southeast corner of 4th Avenue S. and S. Spokane Street in the industrial district, and renamed it the Seattle Box Company, the precursor of Seattle-Tacoma Box Company. By 1930 the company had survived significant challenges, including four fires, the Great Depression of 1929, and the six-day Seattle General Strike of 1919. These and other challenges, according to one analyst, "would jeopardize the company's very existence. Yet the Company endured and has evolved into the multifaceted organization that exists today as Seattle-Tacoma Box Co." Nist Family Day Proclamation The governor's 1989 proclamation celebrated Nist and his family for many reasons, including the following: Whereas, in 1889, Jacob Nist founded the Queen City Box Manufacturing Company located on Westlake Avenue; and Whereas, the great grandsons of Jacob Nist, Emmett, Eugene and Ferdinand, as well as the great, great grandsons, Michael and Robert, are fully involved in the company today; and Whereas, this year the Nist family celebrates 100 years of continuous ownership of the Seattle-Tacoma Box Company in Kent; and Whereas, the citizens of the State of Washington are proud of the accomplishments of the Nist family and of their contributions to the economy of our state; Now, therefore, I, Booth Gardner, Governor of the State of Washington, do hereby proclaim October 23, 1989, as Nist Family Day. References External links Seattle-Tacoma Box Company History Pacific Northwest Labor & Civil Rights Project, University of Washington 1839 births 1907 deaths American manufacturing businesspeople Businesspeople from Louisville, Kentucky American company founders Manufacturing company founders Businesspeople from Seattle 19th-century American businesspeople