12317 GRAVELLY LAKE DR SW, LAKEWOOD
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- 1 image. H.F. Alexander / "Inglewood" -began as a small lakeside cabin in 1908 owned by Emma Alexander -renamed "Lakewold" by Everett Griggs after his purchase in 1925 -Interlaaken Add. -formerly 12221 Gravelly Lake Dr. S.W.
- TDL 2/28/1909 p.36 (il)
- TDL 1/9/1912 Suppl. p.23 (il)
- TDL 11/30/1913 p.43 Nature-loving Tacomans make modern Arcady of Gravelly Lake's shores (il)
- TDL 7/23/1916 p.26 (il) TDN 4/17/1917 p.1 Gunfight with burglars at Interlaaken
- TDL 8/4/1918 p.D1 Alexander home is scene of lawn fete
- TDL 12/5/1920 p.D1 (il of tea house)
- TDL 7/16/1922 p.D1 Alexander wedding is bright garden pagaent
- TDL 7/23/1922 p.D1,D5 (account of wedding) (il) ----- Maj. Everett G. Griggs / "Lakewold" -house renamed "Lakewold" by Griggs, a Middle English term meaning "lake-woods"
- TDL 4/5/1925 p.E10 $75,000 home sale finished during week (Griggs purchases house from H.F. Alexander)
- TDL 4/8/1925 Suppl. (il of garden) ----- Corydon Wagner -house sold by Griggs to his nephew, Corydon Wagner, in 1938 -Corydon & Eulalie Wagner remodeled/rebuilt the house in the early 1950s in hand-cast Sulfur-licked Tennessee brick -William & Geoffrey (New York), arch. and Lamont & Fey (Seattle), consulting arch. for remodeling -extensive gardens developed with the help of California landscape arch. Thomas Church and landscape builder John Fischer -the Olmsted Bros. are believed to have worked on the original landscape design of the grounds
- TNT 4/18/1942 p.5 Lovely April bride (interior il)
- TNT 7/11/1948 p.A1,D1 Miss Wagner marries George Weyerhaeuser
- TNT 5/24/1953 p.D1 Estates will welcome visitors on garden walk
- TNT 5/22/1955 p.D1 Church women plan annual Garden Walk (il)
- TNT 10/9/1955 p.D1 Tacoma Art League tea well attended (il,interior il)
- TNT 9/21/1958 p.B4 (addition)
- TNT 5/18/1958 p.D1,D2 May time (il in garden)
- TNT 5/20/1962 p.D1,D2 Garden Club of America (il)
- TNT 5/23/1962 p.B4 GCA conferees entertained here this week (il)
- TNT 5/15/1966 p.D1 Everyone - even the sun, was there (il)
- TNT 4/18/1969 p.D8 Wagner garden designer honored (Thomas D. Church) (il)
- TNT 12/18/1979 Wagner was industry giant (obituary of Corydon Wagner) ----- Lakewold Gardens -ten acres donated to the Friends of Lakewood by Mrs. Eulalie Wagner in 1987 -officially opened to the public 5/7/1989 -added to the Lakewood Historic Register in Jan. 2003 Architectural Digest May 1984 p.152 Landscape pleasures in the Pacific Northwest (il) Washington Magazine Mar./Apr. 1987 p.62 Lakewood gardens
- TNT 4/22/1989 Lakewold gardens; a legacy of beauty (il) P.C. Choices 8/12/1989 Land of the blue poppy Sunset Magazine June 1990 p.178 (il)
- TNT 4/11/1991 p.B4 Gardening buff Eulalie Wagner dead at 86
- TNT 6/15/1991 Gardens of Eden
- TNT 4/2/1997 p.B4 Decorator's Show House and Garden Tour (il)
- TNT 4/19/1997 p.HB1 Mansion gets makeover; showcase house opens for visitors (il,interior il)
- TNT 4/30/1997 p.A1 Sprucing up for Martha's visit today (television personality Martha Stewart to visit as part of the Decorators' Showhouse and Garden Tour) (interior il)
- TNT 5/1/1997 p.A1 Martha Stewart's visit thrills fans at benefit Lakewood Journal 1/15/1998 p.4 Big things planned at Lakewold Gardens T.Weekly 3/12/1999 p.4 Lakewold becomes historical
- TNT 8/7/1999 p.HB1,HB3 Species sanctuary: Lakewold Gardens is more than just a place to look at pretty plants (il)
- TNT 6/23/2001 p.SL1 Botanical blend (il)
- TNT 11/9/2002 p.E1 "Beautiful Tables" show work of pros (il of garden)
- TNT 1/8/2003 p.B4 Lakewood sets about honoring its past (first two listings added to the new Lakewood Historic Register)
- TNT 6/20/2006 p.E1 Music for barn and garden (il)
- TNT 4/19/2008 p.E3 1,300 kinds of plants draw visitors to Lakewold Gardens 712.5 W61G 712.6097977 L1494L (il) VTN 917.9778 L149L Lakewold; where the blue poppy grows (videotape) 979.778 D921L p.44,54-56 (il) 979.778 H628H Vol.I p.50
- Year Built: 1909
- Decade Built: 1900s
- On City State Historic Register
- Style: Georgian