Printed on front: Emerson School, Tacoma, Wash.

• The Emerson School, at 246 St. Helens, was built in 1889. It closed in 1913 and was demolished in 1920. circa 1907.
• Printed on front: Emerson Public School, Tacoma, Washington.

• The original school at 246 St. Helens was built in 1875 and called the North School. Declared unsafe in 1885, it was replaced by the new Emerson school shown here in 1889. circa 1908.
• Printed on front: Emerson Public School, Tacoma, Washington

ca. 1889. The Emerson School, which was located at South 4th and St. Helens, was one of only a handful of schools in Tacoma that was not replaced with a newer school building when it was torn down. Built in 1889 and named after Ralph Waldo Emerson, it replaced the "Old North School" which was the first school built by the East Tacoma School District No. 13. Emerson offered both elementary and high school classes, and from 1890 to 1892 it housed the offices of the Superintendent and the School Board. After it closed in 1913, it was used to house soldiers during World War I. It was demolished in 1920. (Copy made from glass plate, October 3, 1958.) (Olsen: For the Record, p. 45-46)

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