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- 1 image. Fircrest School / Wainwright Elementary School Shaw & Shaw, arch. T. Holmberg, contr. -built on the site of the original Regents Park School (built c.1911), renamed Fircrest School upon opening in 1924 -renamed and rededicated 11/20/1949 in honor of World War II hero General Jonathan Wainwright -addition in 1949 (Mock & Morrison, arch.) -addition in 1957 (Lyle Swedberg, arch.) -addition in 1971 (Jensen & Stewart, arch.) -closed 6/15/2011 TDL 6/17/1923 p.E8 Bids for school at Regent's Park will be called TDL 4/24/1927 p.B5 Regents Park youngsters have cleanup day (il) TNT 7/9/1948 p.1 Wainwright School is new name for Fircrest TNT 11/4/1948 p.26 School bid is $122,224 (addition by Nelson Morrison / Mock & Morrison, arch.) TNT 11/12/1948 p.1 Let contract for school (addition and remodeling by Steiro & Hansen, contr.) TNT 11/6/1949 p.A1 Bataan hero returning to Tacoma for school dedication ceremony TNT 11/7/1949 p.11 Fircrest proud of handsome addition to Wainwright School (il) TNT 11/13/1949 p.A1 Wainwright here on Sat. TNT 11/16/1949 p.21 Wainwright dedication TNT 11/21/1949 p.1 Wainwright is honored TNT 4/23/1954 p.25 Two schools to get additions TNT 10/28/1955 p.A1 Board reverses stand ... (controversy over outside corridors planned for in proposed addition) TNT 3/14/1957 p.C8 Opening set for school at Fircrest (addition by Lyle Swedberg, arch.) (addition includes plexiglass window walls) (il) TNT 3/16/1957 Wainwright School opens TNT 9/3/1967 p.A1 What's a guy to do (il) TNT 1/15/1971 p.2 Board lets job on school center (instructional resource center by Jensen & Stewart, arch. and Warter Construction Co., contr.) TNT 11/24/1995 p.B2 School dedicates turn-around for buses TNT 5/13/2011 p.A1 Two schools will close TNT 6/13/2011 p.A4 Closing elementary schools host events TNT 6/16/2011 p.A1 For two schools, the final bell TNT 8/14/2014 p.A13 Letters: Stop tearing down our history (school proposed for demolition) TNT 8/19/2014 p.A3 WMDS? Not this time (police terrorism practice drill held in bldg.) TNT 9/16/2015 p.A3 Crews tear down Wainwright school (il) TNT 10/20/2015 p.A3 Time capsule a no-show at school demolition 371.01 OL8F p.101,102 (il) 371.62 C498R 379.797 H629H p.107 979.778 Os50 p.125,126,195 (il)
- Year Built: 1924
- Decade Built: 1920s
- Demolished: 2015