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1 BARKSDALE AVE, DUPONT
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- Dupont School Heath & Gove, arch. Dolph Jones, contr. -brick veneer -additions in 1920,1938,1941,1958 -served as an elementary and junior high school., high school program added in 1960 -closed in 1973 -address approximate TNL 5/27/1917 p.21 New Dupont School soon to be built TNL 6/10/1917 p.11 (mention) TDL 3/2/1919 p.B6 (il) TDL 12/24/1923 p.9 New gym for Dupont pupils; large assembly hall to be moved from Camp Lewis to village TNT 9/14/1924 p.A4 More ground is deeded to Dupont School TNT 5/10/1943 p.5 Open house ... (il after new addition) TNT 10/9/1960 p.C19 Dupont gets portable classrooms (il) TNT 7/19/1961 p.A2 Six portables being built at Dupont (Nelson Construction Co., contr.) 979.78 M929D p.180 ----- Laughbon High School -named in honor of former teach and school superintendent Wendell B. Laughbon -closed 6/12/1973, after a boundary dispute between the Dupont-Fort Lewis and Clover Park School Districts TNT 8/7/1962 p.1 Dupont-Fort Lewis to build high school TNT 3/6/1966 p.A18 Laughbon's theater opens on Thursday (former U.S. Army bldg. converted into theater) TNT 9/25/1969 p.A2 DuPont school flames held to theater TNT 11/12/1969 p.D11 Laughbon job awarded (theater repairs by Peterson Building Co., contr.) TNT 6/13/1973 Life of struggle, dispute ends for Laughbon High (il) TNT 8/10/2002 p.B1 Alums keep defunct school alive 379.797 AL49A 979.778 ST767S p.71-75 (il)
- Year Built: 1917
- Decade Built: 1910s
- Demolished: 1989
- Style: Federal style
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Abbreviation Key GTWY - Peninsula Gateway, TDL - Tacoma Daily Ledger, TDN - Tacoma Daily News, TNL - Tacoma News Ledger, TNT - Tacoma News Tribune
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