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316 S G ST, TACOMA
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- 10 images. Seymour Conservatory I. Jay Knapp, arch. -3,500 sq. ft. -conservatory made possible by a donation from William Wolcott Seymour -construction started Feb. 1908 -completed July 1908 -grand opening 11/14/1908 -added to Tacoma Register by Resolution No.23363, 5/13/1975 -added to National Register 10/8/1976 SEE ALSO: TPL Catalog/Clipping File TDN 2/8/1908 p.11 (sketch) TDL 2/9/1908 p.21 (sketch) TDL 4/5/1908 p.5 Make slow progress TDL 5/10/1908 p.22 Rapid progress on conservatory TDN 7/2/1908 p.1 Wright Park conservatory is completed (il) TDL 11/1/1908 p.11 Open Seymour Conservatory TDL 8/21/1910 p.8 New Dahlia show success TNT 6/5/1949 "It's a living" ... horticulturist (il, interior il) TNT 11/12/1950 p.A7 Park show open today (interior il) TNT 4/14/1955 p.A3 Park flowers just heavenly (interior il) TNT 1/15/1956 p.A11 Wright Park conservatory needs repair (il) TNT 11/2/1958 (il) TNT 1/18/1959 p.A11 Ex-Wright Park florist keenly interested at 83 (il of Gustav Faulk) TNT 3/1/1962 p.23 G.L. Faulk, former conservatory custodian, dies TNT 11/1/1964 p.C15 Park conservatory loses an "old friend"; new palm starts domeward (il) TNT 3/16/1969 Magazine Wright Park conservatory like a pocket-size jungle (interior il) TNT 7/27/1975 p.D10 Restoring a thing of beauty (refurbishing by B & B Glass Co.) TNT 9/16/1992 Seymour Conservatory repairs done TNT 7/29/1997 p.B2 Wright Park facility closed for repairs TNT 11/12/1997 p.B4 Wright Park conservatory set to reopen T.Weekly 11/13/1997 p.8 A warmer Seymour Conservatory to re-open following boiler renovation (il) TNT 12/6/1997 p.HB7 1908 conservatory perfect setting for Victorian display (includes brief history) (il) TNT 9/18/1999 p.HB1,HB3 Tacoma's joyful jungle (il,interior il) TNT 6/29/2000 p.SL3 Wright Park pleasant change of pace in urban Tacoma (il) TNT 1/20/2001 p.SL1 William Seymour's glassy gift (feature article) (il) T. Weekly 8/3/2001 p.A4 Board meeting highlights successes and future needs TNT 10/20/2001 p.SL1 Wrought-iron gazebo rises next to conservatory; dedication today (built by Holland Ornamental Iron of University Place) TNT 7/19/2003 p.B2 seymour Conservatory closed for renovation (GenCon Pacific, Inc., contr.) TNT 10/3/2003 p.A14 Clearly, a lot of work (il) Business Examiner 1/19/2004 p.13 Those who renovate glass house (renovation by BOLA Architecture & Planning, arch. and GenCon Pacific, Inc., contr.) TNT 2/5/2004 p.A1 Botanical refuge ready to bloom (interior il) T.Daily Index 5/24/2005 p.1 Landmarks Preservation Commission announces 2005 Preservation Award winners TNT 11/4/2006 p.E1 Summer under glass (interior il) T.Weekly 3/6/2008 p.C1 W.W. Seymour Botanical Conservatory celebrates its 100th springtime TNT 8/17/2008 p.B1 A centennial afternoon ... icon celebrates its 100th year (il) TNT 11/14/2008 p.B1 Chihuly glass festoons conservatory (interior il) TNT 11/17/2008 p.A1 Wonders of nature and art (interior il) TNT 7/3/2014 p.A3 Reading beside the garden wall (interior il) T.Weekly 1/8/2016 p.A1 Design options introduced for W.W. Seymour Conservatory renovation (interior il) TNT 1/13/2016 p.A1,A3,A10 A bigger, better Seymour: How should it look, work? (il,interior il) T.Weekly 4/22/2016 p.A6 Latest design for W.W. Seymour Botanical Conservatory to be shown April 28 (il) TNT 5/13/2021 p.2A Wright Park conservatory in Tacoma will close through 2021 (int il) TNT 5/17/2022 p.3A Crowds line up for first chance to see newley renovated Seymour Conservatory in Tacoms's Wright Park (int & ext ils) South Sound [magazine] July/Aug 2022 p.17 The Historic Seymour Conservatory Reopens (ext, int il) Northwest Travel & Life March/April 2023 p. 19 W.W. Seymour Botanical Conservatory (ext il) 712.5 W61G 917.972 T119N Tacoma New Herald 1909 p.22 (il) 917.9778 C411H 917.9778 V679V (il) 979.7788 M175T p.18 (il) 979.778 M175TA p.33-35,107,125 Tacoma's jewel box (il,interior il)
- Year Built: 1908
- Decade Built: 1900s
- On City National Historic Register
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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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