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2608 CENTER ST, TACOMA
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- Tacoma-Pierce County Humane Society -opened in 1944 as the City Dog Pound -operations take over by the Tacoma Humane Society in 1950 -main bldg. formerly a WPA structure
- TNT 1/29/1943 p.19 New city dog pound will rise from ashes
- TNT 7/23/1944 p.A5 Doggie home for homeless doggies (il)
- TNT 1/2/1948 p.7 City pound to get addition
- TNT 2/3/1948 p.1 Bids too high for dog pound
- TNT 6/8/1948 p.17 City enlarges animal pound (Protecheck Construction Co., contr.)
- TNT 9/26/1948 p.A3 Dogs made happy in city's modernized pound (il) T.Times 1/23/1949 Canine occupants keep warm (il)
- TNT 4/23/1950 Tacoma Humane Society has long history (il)
- TNT 2/28/1951 p.A1 City Pound to Society
- TNT 3/4/1951 p.D12 Pound goes to society
- TNT 3/3/1952 p.1 Fifteen dogs turned loose from shelter
- TNT 9/19/1954 p.A15 Pound being made swanky place
- TNT 12/2/1954 p.A6 Shelter annex to be opened (addition by Marshall Perrow, arch. and Kirkebo & Sons, contr.) (il)
- TNT 10/10/1957 p.B2 New lights in at County center
- TNT 12/13/1959 p.C22 Shelter expands (sketch of a addition by Marshall W. Perrow, arch.)
- TNT 5/1/1960 p.A6 Humane Society will open remodeled shelter (il)
- TNT 5/6/1960 p.A6 To dedicate new addition (educational room named in honor of the late Stanton Griggs)
- TNT 3/20/1961 p.1 Teamster local calls strike on Humane Soc.
- TNT 3/29/1961 p.A1 Council barks at problem of Humane unit
- TNT 3/31/1961 p.1 Workers gain as Humane strike ends
- TNT 5/2/1962 p.A11 Landscaping started at city shelter (il)
- TNT 12/4/1966 p.A28 Dedication set for flag pole (in honor of Mrs. Gertrude Madsen)
- TNT 12/6/1966 p.C3 Colors unfurled (il)
- TNT 1/8/1967 p.C16 (addition)
- TNT 6/3/1968 p.33 Tacoma pet crematorium pollutes air
- TNT 11/25/1978 Humane Society asks longer lease
- TNT 1/18/1979 p.A4 Humane Society plans shelter addition (Alan Liddle, arch.) (sketch) 071 P289P 1981 (il)
- Year Built: 1943
- Decade Built: 1940s
- Demolished: 1998
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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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