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- U.S.O. Bldg. / United Service Organization Lt. Col. E.P. Antonovich, supt. of construction Macdonald Bldg. Co., contr. -completed 12/23/1941, fifty days after ground breaking -opened 2/7/1942
- TNT 10/15 1941 p.1 USO site chosen for city (il)
- TNT 10/16/1941 p.27 City to buy USO site
- TNT 10/17/1941 p.17 Tacoma's proposed USO building (sketch)
- TNT 10/23/1941 p.1 Let USO contracts
- TNT 10/31/1941 p.3 U.S. to control recreation site
- TNT 11/16/1941 p.A9 How new USO's will look (sketch) T. Times 11/19/1941 (il under construction)
- TNT 2/3/1942 p.3 Opening Saturday
- TNT 2/6/1942 p.7 Dedication plans set
- TNT 2/7/1942 p.1 Tacoma USO's ready (il)
- TNT 2/8/1942 p.B9 USO halls dedicated
- TNT 2/9/1942 p.1 (il)
- TNT 7/22/1942 p.9 Globe for USO (interior il)
- TNT 12/6/1942 p.A9 Women plan to improve USO grounds
- TNT 1/6/1943 p.7 Volunteers (interior il)
- TNT 2/27/1945 p.3 To improve USO (remodeling by Ketner Bros., contr.)
- TNT 6/12/1945 p.1 Easy letter home (interior il)
- TNT 5/13/1946 p.1 City can get USO bldg. p.5 Mother's Day treat for lonely GI's (interior il)
- TNT 9/13/1947 p.1 U.S.O. to close, honor 500 wartime workers
- TNT 10/10/1947 p.4 Spurred to greater efforts (interior il showing Community Chest volunteers)
- TNT 12/11/1947 p.22 USO bldg. plans told
- TNT 12/27/1947 p.2 Faithful USO volunteers lauded at closing rite
- TNT 3/31/1948 p.24 City approves lease of USO (to the international Y.M.C.A.)
- TNT 9/25/1949 Wartime USO now on peacetime basis (il)
- TNT 4/12/1950 p.B3 Check opens U.S.O. (il)
- TNT 4/13/1950 p.D6 USO to be re-opened
- TNT 5/1/1951 p.2 New flag for USO given by Tacoma Elks
- TNT 8/5/1956 p.B9 USO building renovated
- TNT 1/29/1957 p.6 Cool, cool patio (il)
- TNT 1/15/1961 p.A10 USO building due for fixup
- TNT 2/12/1961 p.B5 USO raises flag (il)
- TNT 4/25/1962 p.A7 USO Building lease approved by city council
- TNT 6/6/1965 p.C19 Inside job (interior il of volunteer painters)
- TNT 10/9/1968 p.A16 70,000 servicemen visited USO in 1967
- TNT 6/2/1971 p.1 USO closing center here ----- Tacoma Culture & Recreation Center
- TNT 5/23/1972 3-day opener slated for culture center ----- Beacon Senior Center -dedicated 7/8/1977
- TNT 6/4/1975 Senior citizens to have center
- TNT 6/21/1975 "Beacon" to shine (name chosen in contest)
- TNT 1/9/1977 p.B6 Old USO becomes senior center Wednesday
- TNT 7/9/1977 Old-timers on hand as USO takes on a mellower tone
- TNT 9/24/1980 Raggedy Ann joins Carter in visit to senior center (visit of President Jimmy Carter) 720.979 T119TR p.96 (rehab. for senior center c.1978-1984) ----- Beacon Activity Center
- TNT 12/17/2015 p.A1 1st shelter for youths in decades is open, warm (interior il)
- TNT 3/13/2018 p.A3 Senior center eyed as shelter for young adults T.Weekly 7/28/2019 p.2 A beacon of hope for homeless young adults (remodeling planned)
- TNT 10/18/2019 p.A3 Shelter for youth, young adults to open permanently at senior center (il) 12/9/2019 p.A1 Residents, homeless youth at odds on Fawcett Avenue
- Year Built: 1941
- Decade Built: 1940s