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3102 S 59TH ST, TACOMA
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- Barlow Annex Frederick Heath, arch. -Monticello Park Add. -address approximate -built in 1910 as the Edison Annex (to Edison Elementary School) -renamed the Barlow Annex in 1912 in honor of Orin Watts Barlow, longtime South Tacoma community activist, school board member and board president -home of Edison High School, later Barlow High School, from Sept. 1911 to June 1914, awaiting completion of the new Lincoln High School -head teacher and prinicipal William W. Parker was also Lincoln High's first principal -became the shop bldg. / manual arts bldg. for Gray Intermediate School in 1926 -plans at TPL TDN 9/10/1910 p.5 To accommodate thousand more pupils than last year at the Edison School (il) (hard copy only) TDL 9/11/1910 p.12 Two of the big new ones ready for tomorrow morning's "fatal" hour (il) TNT 3/9/1950 p.4 Half enough room (il) TNT 11/7/1961 p.21 South Side once had "Barlow High School" T. Star 9/20/1962 p.1 Two schools slated for additions (sketch of addition to Gray Junior High by Worthen, Wing, Seifert & Forbes, arch.) TNT 11/25/1964 Tacoma school unit dedicated as 600 watch (new Gray Junior High addition also connects the Barlow Annex with both Edison Elementary and Gray Junior High) TNT 6/8/1983 Gray Junior High defects barred ... earthquake threat TNT 6/12/2006 p.B1 Fresh focus on South Tacoma's past (il) T.Weekly 4/8/2011 p.A2 Veteran gathering support for Gray/Barlow site T.Weekly 5/6/2011 p.A6 Board approves demo ... TNT 9/24/2011 p.A3 A historic building sees long goodbye (il of demolition) 371.01 OL8F p.5,73,105 (il),131 371.62 C498R 379.797 H629H p.78,79,84,85,115 379.797 T11 1911-1914 979.72 H91 Vol.III p.440 (biography of Orin Watts Barlow) 979.7788 R278S p.52 (il) ----- -print at TPL (Richards Coll. #C52926-1, D48345-1)
- Year Built: 1910
- Decade Built: 1910s
- Demolished: 2011
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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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