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2300 S WASHINGTON ST, TACOMA

• 6 images. Bellarmine College for Boys Jesuit Fathers, builder J. De Forest & Griffin / Hill & Mock, arch. T.J.K. Williamson, contr. -later renamed Bellarmine High School, Bellarmine Preparatorty School -named in honor of Cardinal Robert Bellarmine of the 16th century -twenty acre site -cornerstone laid 3/18/1928 -opened 9/4/1928 -dedicated 9/23/1928 -partial plans at TPL SEE ALSO: TPL Catalog/Clipping File
• TNT 1/6/1926 New college will be built in Tacoma
• TNT 3/31/1927 (sketch)
• TDL 6/5/1927 p.E8 Jesuit Fathers call bids soon on new school
• TDL 1/11/1928 p.5 Contractor for college defies city regulation
• TDL 1/12/1928 p.12 College building dispute settled
• TDL 3/16/1928 p.2 Bellarmine cornerstone will be laid on Sunday
• TDL 3/18/1928 p.B1 Catholics to hold ceremony
• TDL 3/19/1928 p.1 Cornerstone is placed for boys' college
• TNT 3/19/1928 Bishop lays cornerstone ... (il)
• TDL 4/10/1928 Sec.II p.10 (sketch)
• TDL 5/27/1928 p.E8 (il under construction)
• TNT 6/5/1928 p.16 (il under construction)
• TNT 8/31/1928 First unit of Bellarmine College is ready to open (il)
• TDL 9/23/1928 p.A11 Catholic college to be dedicated at rites today
• TDL 9/24/1928 p.10 New college is dedicated
• TNT 8/23/1929 Chapel is gift to Bellarmine College; Frank J. Hickey honors memory of parents ...
• TDL 4/13/1930 p.D8 Home for faculty
• TDL 5/25/1930 p.D8 (il of faculty bldg. under construction)
• TNT 8/21/1930 New faculty house (il) T.Times 4/12/1938 p.13 Bellarmine grid field takes shape (il)
• TNT 5/22/1938 p.A2 New Bellarmine gateway (il)
• TNT 5/12/1943 p.1 Military mass (il)
• TNT 3/17/1948 p.21 Work starts on turfed, lighted field for Bells (sketch of Bellarmine Memorial Field)
• TNT 3/26/1948 p.21 Last pole up (il)
• TNT 4/19/1953 p.B7 Bellarmine to mark silver jubilee (il)
• TNT 5/21/1954 p.C2 Cafeteria to be built
• TNT 6/3/1954 p.B2 Ground broken for cafeteria (Jensen & Mills, arch.) (il)
• TNT 10/10/1954 p.C16 Nearing completion (il of cafeteria under construction)
• TNT 5/6/1955 p.B4,B5 Boosters' big carnival all set for Friday and Saturday nights (il of new cafeteria)
• TNT 5/11/1956 p.12,13 Boosters' big time carnival set ... 11th annual
• TNT 1/13/1957 p.C18 Bellarmine builds 6 new classrooms (Jensen & Mills, arch. and Concrete Construction Co., contr.) (sketch)
• TNT 2/17/1957 p.C16 Bellarmine addition (il under construction)
• TNT 5/2/1957 p.B4 Big gym will be constructed at Bellarmine (E.L. Mills & Associates, arch.) (sketch)
• TNT 5/9/1957 p.A10,A11 New wings added; new gym soon to be reality (sketch)
• TNT 11/26/1957 p.26 Bell gym goes up on campus (Concrete Construction Co., contr.) (il under construction)
• TNT 5/8/1958 p.A8-A10 13th annual Bellarmine carnival this weekend (il)
• TNT 9/26/1958 p.14 Bellarmine to open gym
• TNT 12/5/1958 p.D5 Bell gym to be dedicated
• TNT 12/6/1958 p.11 Dedication slated for new gym at Bellarmine (il,interior il)
• TNT 12/8/1958 p.8 Bless Bellarmine gym (interior il)
• TNT 5/7/1959 p.A7 New chapel to be built at Bellarmine (sketch)
• TNT 10/11/1959 p.C19 Bellarmine to build chapel (E.L. Mills & Associates, arch.)
• TNT 10/14/1959 p.B5 Earth turning starts chapel at Bellarmine (Geo. Warter, contr.) (il)
• TNT 5/5/1960 p.A22 Bellarmine chapel dedicated (il)
• TNT 5/24/1960 p.B6 Book tells life story of Bellarmine founder (Father David Plante McAstocker, S.J.)
• TNT 5/25/1961 p.B5-B7 Bellarmine High School gets new auditorium (old gym remodeled by Merritt Construction Co., contr.) (sketch of McAstocker Memorial Auditorium)
• TNT 4/20/1962 p.11 Fire blackens 8-block area at Bellarmine (il of brush fire)
• TNT 5/9/1963 p.B6,B7 Bellarmine Boosters Bonanza Carnival (il of field house)
• TNT 2/9/1964 p.A22 Bellarmine continually meeting challenges, planning expansion (sketch of proposed new faculty bldg. wing by E.L. Mills & Associates, arch.) (aerial il)
• TNT 10/18/1964 p.A8 Builders five, timely benefactors join to construct Bellarmine wing (il)
• TNT 5/16/1965 p.D19 (permit taken for passenger elevator)
• TNT 9/8/1966 p.B1 Six brothers build faculty residence (il)
• TNT 9/2/1967 p.1,14 Rain aids fire fight in forests (il)
• TNT 5/31/1969 P.4 Mortgage burning planned
• TNT 6/24/1969 p.12 (ad for appearance by rock group Buffalo Springfield)
• TNT 2/17/1971 p.A6 Bellarmine science center to be page from future
• TNT 4/4/1971 p.D11 Model science center will rise at Bellarmine Prep (Lea, Pearson & Richards, arch.) (sketch)
• TNT 10/20/1972 Bellarmine to dedicate science hall (Lea, Pearson & >Richards, arch. and Fitzpatrick-McIntyre, contr.) (interior il)
• TNT 8/5/1973 State's swap rings for "Bells" (land traded for freeway construction) (aerial il)
• TNT 1/18/1974 City's 3 Catholic schools to consolidate this fall
• TNT 1/27/1974 p.A3 Catholic schools combine ...
• TNT 4/27/1980 Time Machine (il)
• TNT 9/8/1987 Old Bellarmine place gets spruced up a bit (remodeling of "Old Main")
• TNT 6/10/1998 p.B12 New Bellarmine hall will be named for former president (ground breaking for new Father Daniel C. Weber Hall by Merritt & Pardini, arch. and Lugo Construction, contr.)
• TNT 1/25/1999 p.A1 Bellarmine dedicates Father Weber Hall (Rev. Daniel C. Weber served as president from 1976-1996) Business Examiner 3/8/1999 p.25 (il of new Father Weber Hall) T.Daily Index 9/12/2001 p.1 Bellarmine completes commons and music building; dedication ceremony set ... (aerial il of new C. Davis Weyerhaeuser Commons and Michael Allen Hall)
• TNT 9/14/2001 p.B3 Bellarmine to dedicate courtyard, music hall T.Weekly 9/14/2001 p.A7 ... dedication of completed construction (il) Catholic NW Progress 9/27/2001 p.8 ... celebrates additions (il) T.Daily Index 5/16/2002 p.1 Expansion at Bellarmine Prep set to begin (remodeling of Snyder Hall by Merritt & Pardini, arch. and the Merit Co., contr.) (sketch) Catholic NW Progress 6/6/2002 p.9 (sketch)
• TNT 8/9/2002 p.B1 Halls of Bellarmine full of lights, action (motion picture "Tammytown" filmed at school)
• TNT 3/1/2003 p.B1 Bellarmine opens math, science facility (addition to Snyder Hall by Merritt & Pardini, arch.) T.Weekly 11/26/2009 p.A6 Bellarmine to begin construction of new gym (last game in current gym to be played 2/5/2010, followed by demolition)
• TNT 2/15/2010 p.A1 Non profits face tough times (il of gymnasium being demolished)
• TNT 5/7/2015 p.A3 Bellarmine peace pole honors alumnus "Bix" (dedicated in honor of Rev. Wm. J. "Bill" "Bix" Bichsel) (il)
• TNT 03/28/2020 A3 Tacoma Rescue Mission moves homeless shelter users to Bellarmine High (il) 377.8 R187H 379.797 B414C 979.778 H628H Vol.I p.38 B M1194S
• Year Built: 1928
• Decade Built: 1920s
• Styled: Colonial

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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• 2300 S WASHINGTON ST, TACOMA