ca. 1961. Copy of customer's color transparency. School is in session at the Nell Hoyt Primary School located at No. 27th & Union ca. 1961. Modern in appearance with prefabricated dome roofs, the school was designed by Robert Billsbrough Price and built in 1958; it was named in honor of Mrs. Nell Hoyt, Tacoma PTA leader and national pioneer of the preschool movement. Photograph ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association.

Nell Hoyt School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1960-1970;

The Nell Hoyt Primary School., as pictured in September of 1959. The school was built as an addition to the Washington School at 3701 No. 26th St. It was designed by award winning architect Robert Billsbrough Price. The dome roofs on this portion of the school were pre-fabricated. TPL-10160

Nell Hoyt School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1950-1960;

The Nell Hoyt Primary School. The school was built as an addition to the Washington School at 3701 No. 26th St. It was designed by award winning architect Robert Billsbrough Price. The school was dedicated on February 20, 1959, the 80th birthday of Nell Hoyt, the namesake of the school. Mrs. Hoyt was an early pioneer of the national preschool program. She spoke at the dedication of the school about the program she founded in 1914.

Nell Hoyt School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1950-1960;

View of pre-fabricated domical roof on new Nell Hoyt Primary School. Mrs. Hoyt was a PTA leader and a national pioneer of the "preschool" movement. The four-room school adjoined Washington Elementary at North 28th & Union Streets. The school was dedicated on February 20, 1959, Mrs. Hoyt's 80th birthday. Photograph ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association. (Olsen: For the Record, p. 81-82)

Nell Hoyt School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1950-1960; Roofs--Tacoma;

Adjoining Washington Elementary School, the new Nell Hoyt Primary School, 2708 North Union Avenue, was under construction in October of 1958. As originally designed, by innovative architect Robert Billsbrough Price, natural light would flood the four large open learning areas that made-up the major part of the school from large skylights in the domical roofs and from the wall-to-wall glass windows that encased the building. It was named after Nell Hoyt, a national pioneer in the "preschool" movement and a resident of Tacoma. Photograph ordered by Weyerhaeuser Timber Co.

Nell Hoyt School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1950-1960; Building construction--Tacoma--1950-1960;