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3550 E ROOSEVELT AVE, TACOMA
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- 4 images. Roosevelt Elementary School Hill, Mock & Griffin, arch. Knoell Bros., contr. -named in honor of President Theodore Roosevelt -cornerstone laid 9/6/1921 -school annex removed and rebuilt across the street for use of the community by the WPA in 1940 -remodeling in 1967 -additions in 1972,1973 -plans at TPL, digitized TDL 7/10/1921 p.B5 Build brick structure TDL 8/7/1921 p.B3 permits TDL 8/21/1921 p.B5 (mention) TDL 9/11/1921 p.B5 Masons laying cornerstone (il) TDL 1/1/1922 p.B5 (il) TDL 5/28/1922 p.E8 Plan to dedicate Roosevelt School TDL 12/31/1922 p.E8 (il) TDL 4/8/1925 p.7 (il) TNT 10/14/1925 Tacoma Scouts launch "Teddy" memorial national campaign; launch campaign to plant trees at Roosevelt schools (il) TDL 11/8/1925 p.B6 Tacoma receives publicity ... of tree planting ceremonies at Roosevelt School recently TNT 10/20/1943 p.1 Pare annex change cost (annex remodeling by Ernest Mock, arch.) T.Times 10/20/1943 p.1 Roosevelt School tile annex rehabilitation is approved TNT 10/1/1950 p.A7 Seymour's trees rise (il of two black walnut trees donated by W.W. Seymour in 1925) TNT 7/3/1955 p.A8 Vandalism is an age-old problem TNT 3/27/1956 p.24 Amateurs try to crack safe TNT 10/3/1959 p.1 Roosevelt school damaged by fire TNT 10/4/1959 p.D16 Burned school to stay open TNT 6/21/1960 p.6 Juveniles break windows TNT 8/24/1962 p.17 School windows broken TNT 6/18/1967 p.B7 (renovation) T. Review 11/28/1973 p.1 Roosevelt School dedication Tuesday (two additions by Lea, Pearson & Richards, arch.) (sketch) TNT 12/2/1983 Roosevelt Annex tumbles down (formerly used as gymnasium and multi-purpose room, bldg. condemned due to structural deficiences, to be demolished to make way for playground) (il of demolition) TNT 6/16/1984 Save Roosevelt School, are residents plead (demolition proposed) TNT 7/10/1984 Roosevelt School's backers hear plans TNT 12/16/1986 p.B1 Pupils get a capsulized history lesson (1921 time capsule discoverd during demolition of bldg.) TNT 6/6/1987 p.B1 G1 Time capsule: students make future history TNT 10/26/1988 p.E1 Roosevelt revitalized (entryway pillars saved, to be used in new bldg.) (il) 371.01 OL8F p.87 (il) 371.62 C498R
- Year Built: 1921
- Decade Built: 1920s
- Demolished: 1986
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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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