2500 PORTLAND AVE, TACOMA
- John L. Smith -"snug rose pink cottage" built by John L. Smith in 1938 -address approximate
- TNT 11/24/1963 p.A6 Tideflats resident gives thanks; he'll celebrate 100th birthday (interior il)
- TNT 11/29/1963 p.6 Gift opens up world for lonely man of 100
- TNT 11/28/1965 p.A1 Tideflats man, 102, independent; medicare seen as future help
- TNT 11/27/1967 p.A1 River shack squatter 104 years old today (il)
- TNT 11/29/1967 p.C6 Send gifts to store for 104-year-old
- TNT 12/3/1967 p.A1 Gifts thrill old man in shack; he gets lonely for visitors (il)
- TNT 10/15/1968 p.1 Still independent as he nears 105 (il)
- TNT 11/24/1968 p.A1 John L. Smith awaits his 105th birthday in shack on Tideflats (interior il)<br.
- TNT 11/28/1968 p.A16 Mrs. Gladys Fear gives birthday party; receives hundreds of cards, money, glasses, refuses bath
- TNT 3/20/1969 p.A1 Tacoma's colorful old man, John L. Smith, dies at 105; last Tideflats resident (il)
- TNT 3/23/1969 p.A13 Tideflats recluse's dog awaits new home
- Year Built: 1938
- Decade Built: 1930s
- Demolished: 1969
- Style: cottage / cabin