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701 S 37TH ST, TACOMA

• 13 images. Lincoln Park High School Heath & Gove, arch. Olsen & Young, contr. -cornerstone laid 9/1/1913 -opened 8/31/1914 -"Wilkeson stone and Persian brick walls" -named changed to Lincoln High School in 1917 -plans at TPL (ARCH-01.207, roll 54, 55) SEE ALSO: 701 SO. 36th ST. (Lincoln Bowl)
• TDL 9/4/1911 p.3 Board selects site of South Side school
• TDL 10/20/1912 p.19 South Side high school (sketch)
• TDL 12/8/1912 p.21 Tacoma standard will be maintained
• TDL 1/5/1913 p.11 Trade department for new school
• TDL 2/9/1913 p.19 (il of excavation)
• TDL 2/19/1913 (sketch)
• TDL 8/31/1913 p.4 Lay new school stone on Monday
• TDL 9/7/1913 p.27 School plans reproduced (in Pacific Coast Architect magazine)
• TDL 11/2/1913 p.22 Unique idea to feature school ... stone tablets carved with symbolical words
• TDL 11/23/1913 p.14 Mr. Rea finds new Lincoln High School is not a fire trap
• TDL 12/7/1913 p.21 Progress rapid on Lincoln High (il)
• TDL 1/25/1914 Anniversary Edition p.48 (il under construction)
• TDL 3/8/1914 p.7 (Alonzo) Lewis may make statue of Lincoln
• TDL 3/15/1914 p.41 The making of a statue
• TDL 3/22/1914 p.22 (il of construction crew) p.45 Sculptor is elected to design local statue of Abraham Lincoln (Alonzo Lewis selected)
• TDL 3/29/1914 p.41 Tacoma's new Lincoln monument (sketch)
• TDL 4/5/1914 p.8 Tacoma sculptor looks for model
• TDL 4/12/1914 p.13 Four possible models for Lincoln Statue (il)
• TDL 4/19/1914 p.13 Lincoln Statue fund buttons now on sale p.24 Elaborate clock system at school
• TDL 5/10/1914 p.3 Determining Lincoln's physical proportions
• TDL 5/17/1914 p.23 Should Lincoln be represented in statue with or without beard?
• TDL 6/21/1914 p.6 New heating plant for school tested
• TDL 8/9/1914 p 28 Many innovations in Lincoln "gym"
• TDL 8/16/1914 p.28 Modern cooking "lab" for Lincoln School p.32 The Lincoln Statue
• TDL 8/23/1914 p.19 Strong points of new high school (il)
• TDL 9/13/1914 p.17 School board builds furniture at savings (furniture designed by Heath & Gove, arch.)
• TDL 10/11/1914 p.11 Composite model of Lincoln found
• TDL 2/7/1915 p.17 Tacoma structures advertised (appears in "Interlocker" magazine)
• TDL 5/2/1915 p.34 Inaugurating the pretty custom of planting a tree on campus (il)
• TDL 7/30/1916 p.12 The heroic Lincoln (il) TNL 1/21/1917 p.37 Two years of labor on Lincoln Statue model wasted unless fund is raised (il) TNL 3/25/1917 p.9 Total fund for statue is $4,817 TNL 9/2/1917 p.6 Tiny tots anxious to see "Mr. Lincoln" TNL 2/10/1918 p.1 Heroic bronze Lincoln to be unveiled TDN 2/13/1918 p.1 Heroic statute of Lincoln unveiled (il)
• TDL 3/31/1923 p.3 (il of new bridge connecting school with Lincoln Park)
• TDL 7/31/1924 p.1 Rural women vacation here (Women's Farm Vacation Camp held at school)
• TDL 1/9/1927 p.A9 ... religious week program (il)
• TDL 4/12/1927 Rotogravure Sec. p.4 (il) Architect & Engineer, March 1928 p.57 (il)
• TDL 2/9/1932 Gravure Sec. p.2 (aerial il)
• TDL 5/29/1934 p.C4 (il)
• TNT 1/5/1938 p.7 New portable unit in use at Lincoln High (W.W. Durham, arch.) (il,interior il)
• TNT 2/12/1938 p.1 Statue 20 years old (il)
• TNT 9/30/1942 p.1 Death takes Lewis Ott; man who modeled for Lincoln statue passes
• TNT 10/1/1942 p.24 Norman Martyn designed suit worn by model
• TNT 1/15/1943 p.6 New stands at Lincoln High (bleachers originally used in the Exposition Hall installed at Lincoln High School)
• TNT 4/13/1946 p.1 Memorial tree planted (il) T.Times 11/8/1946 Alonzo Lewis passes
• TNT 2/21/1949 p.1 Bulldog goes berserk, bites Lincoln Hi girls
• TNT 5/24/1950 p.29 ... organ installed
• TNT 1/24/1951 p.1 No Zoot Suit riots, but police arrest 13 youths "just in case" (il)
• TNT 1/25/1951 p.1 Zoot Suiters explain "why" of strange garb
• TNT 2/10/1952 Statue result of united efforts (il)
• TNT 8/12/1952 p.1 Sour note ends piano duet in school break-in
• TNT 1/19/1953 p.1 Vandals flood Lincoln High; fire hose on second floor left running ... (interior il)
• TNT 1/26/1953 p.1 Three confess Lincoln vandalism
• TNT 1/27/1953 p.1 Youths tell how school was flooded
• TNT 1/31/1953 p.2 Lincoln High damage less
• TNT 2/16/1953 p.1 Lincoln High vandals must pay damages
• TNT 4/6/1953 Lincoln High School hit by $20,000 fire
• TNT 4/7/1953 p.16 LIncoln loss set at $8,000 (fire in the automotive shop)
• TNT 4/20/1953 p.22 Floor flooded at Lincoln Hi
• TNT 9/8/1953 p.1 Lincoln School vault opened by burglars
• TNT 2/26/1954 p.A1 High school smoking probe set
• TNT 2/28/1954 p.C15 Another step forward (sketch of proposed addition by Lyle Swedberg, arch..)
• TNT 9/21/1954 p.2 School ruckus lands in court
• TNT 11/16/1954 p.8 Lincoln High inspected by committee
• TNT 9/19/1955 p.6 Burglars get but little loot from Lincoln Hi vault
• TNT 7/20/1956 p.1 Board okays "high" low bids for school (new fine arts annex by Lyle Swedberg, arch. and Roy T. Earley Co., contr.)
• TNT 7/22/1956 p.B14 Lincoln fine arts building (sketch)
• TNT 7/29/1956 p.A14 "Old news shack" is gone ... nostalgia stays
• TNT 8/10/1956 p.22 Lincoln High to get funds
• TNT 12/4/1956 p.40 Haley berates junior high site for pool; a possible new Lincoln pool (sketch of proposal)
• TNT 4/21/1957 p.C16 Lincoln addition grows (Lyle Swedberg, arch.) (il)
• TNT 6/10/1957 p.1 Three schools pillaged by vandal gangs
• TNT 6/17/1957 p.1 Lincoln High vandals caught
• TNT 6/22/1957 p.1 Four vandals will go to Greenhill
• TNT 9/1/1957 p.A11 New fine arts building at Lincoln High ready for classes (Lyle Swedberg, arch. and the Roy T. Earley Co.,contr.) (il,interior il)
• TNT 9/2/1957 p.A1 Presley rocks 'n rolls Tacoma teenagers into frenzy at bowl (Elvis Presley concert)
• TNT 11/10/1957 p.C16 New Lincoln wing to be dedicated
• TNT 11/13/1957 p.A6 600 attend Lincoln annex dedication (il of Fine Arts Bldg.)
• TNT 2/26/1958 p.A10 Between classes (interior il)
• TNT 3/5/1958 p.A1 High school bulges with students
• TNT 4/29/1958 p.1 Check given to schools for Lincoln pools
• TNT 2/13/1959 p.3 Fire doors to cost $16,968
• TNT 4/24/1959 p.21 Board studies overcrowding at Lincoln
• TNT 10/4/1959 p.B8 Schools get fire doors
• TNT 8/24/1961 p.12 Ready for 1961 (aerial il)
• TNT 11/15/1961 p.A15 Fire blackens shop (interior il of tool shop)
• TNT 5/8/1962 Lincoln Park proper name for school (il of Fine Arts. Bldg.)
• TNT 10/28/1962 p.A8 ... approved for fallout shelter
• TNT 12/29/1962 p.2 Lincoln vandalized
• TNT 1/6/1964 p.24 Vandals shatter thirty windows at Lincoln High
• TNT 1/22/1965 p.36 Sprinklers held best safety for 2 schools
• TNT 8/19/1966 p.1 Contracts let ... (remodeling by the Rome Co., contr.)
• TNT 7/2/1967 p.C15 (permit taken to remodel kitchen and lunch room)
• TNT 8/20/1967 p.A1 School construction ...p.C20 Lincoln addition (interior il) (interior il of skybridge being constructed)
• TNT 10/20/1967 p.D6 Board OKs plans for Lincoln gym (Lea, Pearson & Richards, arch.)
• TNT 12/26/1967 p.D11 Lincoln High safe forced
• TNT 2/9/1968 p.15 Pact awarded for gym at Lincoln High (J. R. Pilcher Co., contr.)
• TNT 2/12/1968 p.1 Lincoln lives in nation's heart; high school bears name proudly (il of statue)
• TNT 3/30/1968 p.24 Lincoln High rally held (in support of counselor Dr. Sander Ponzo)
• TNT 7/26/1968 p.B3 Tree farm school bldg. job awarded (multipurpose bldg. to be built at the Lincoln Tree Farm by McConaghy Construction Co., contr.)
• TNT 9/22/1968 p.A10 ... progress on schedule (il of addition)
• TNT 1/26/1969 p.E1 New, larger Lincoln gym due to open (interior il)
• TNT 2/16/1969 Magazine p.4 Lincoln High's forestry class has its own forest (il)
• TNT 3/5/1969 p.A4 Disturbance quelled at Lincoln gymnasium
• TNT 2/24/1970 Fire sears Lincoln stage (interior il)
• TNT 7/21/1972 Lincoln's expansion expanded by board
• TNT 12/31/1972 Lincoln High's dark corners
• TNT 3/15/1975 School addition to be dedicated (industrial-arts addition)
• TNT 10/10/1976 Time Machine: Lincoln High, Abe's statue: pride of the South End (il)
• TNT 10/18/1986 Fumes empty Lincoln (during construction of new library by Merit Construction Co., contr.)
• TNT 5/8/1988 p.D9 Yesteryear (il)
• TNT 11/29/1989 Lincoln alumni have chance to immortalize selves in brick
• TNT 12/11/1993 p.C7 Time well spent (interior il of clock tower)
• TNT 11/5/1996 p.B1 A final clock to conquer; "Doc" Farrens, 88, is close to getting Lincoln High's timepiece running again
• TNT 11/24/1996 p.B1 Bid to be accepted for $10 million project at Lincoln High School
• TNT 11/26/1996 p.B2 Bond OKs $7 million bid for Lincoln job (addition by the Absher Construction Co., contr.)
• TNT 2/18/1997 p.B1 Perfect timing ... four faces of high school clock finally show same time ... (interior il)
• TNT 8/10/1997 p.D1 Elvis: In '57, Tacoma was all shook up by the King (il)
• TNT 1/30/1998 p.B1 Lunch is served (interior il of newly remodeled cafeteria)
• TNT 4/22/1998 p.B1 A snazzy annex for Lincoln High ... new cafeteria and music facilities (Mahlum Architects / Cardwell Thomas Architects, arch.) (interior il)
• TNT 2/12/1999 p.B1 Practical science (il from roof top)
• TNT 9/30/1999 p.B1 Lincoln High building gets a new name; music facility is named after songwriter Jordan, educator Cummings (Joe Jordan and Roy Cummings) (now called the Jordan/Cummings Performing Arts Bldg.) Senior Scene Dec. 1999 p.6 Lincoln High School (brief history) (il)
• TNT 1/7/2000 p.A1 Trumpeter Roy Cummings dies on way to UW class ... will proceed with dedication of music building in his honor
• TNT 1/20/2000 p.B1 Lincoln dedicates arts annex (interior il)
• TNT 2/27/2000 p.A1 Race: The toughest test? A palette of colors enriches Lincoln High
• TNT 2/17/2001 p.A1 School rights an old wrong to Japanese Americans; graduates forced to leave in '42 receive their diplomas
• TNT 6/1/2002 p.B2 Public comment session set on Lincoln High redesign
• TNT 11/10/2002 p.B1 School projects on fast track
• TNT 10/30/2004 p.B3 Lincoln plans meetings on violence ... after shooting, two teen gun arrests
• TNT 5/29/2005 Insight p.1 Students of history; Tacoma School District must value its heritage ... (sketch of planned addition)
• TNT 5/11/2006 p.B1 This might get uncomfortable (il of Lincoln Statue being moved to storage during remodeling) T.Weekly 5/25/2006 p.A3 Lincoln HS invites alumni, community to tour building
• TNT 6/15/2006 p.A1 Lincoln renovation costs soar (il) T.Weekly 6/22/2006 p.A1 Cost of Lincoln High renovation escalates p.A3 ... recommended for historic register
• TNT 8/23/2006 p.B3 Schooled in a trade ... learn the carpentry trade while helping to renovate ... (il) T.Weekly 8/31/2006 p.A6 Lincoln grads return to school
• TNT 3/21/2007 p.B3 ... alumni, neighbors asked to help with reopening
• TNT 3/22/2007 p.B1 History intact; a renovated Lincoln High (remodeling by DLR (Seattle) & TCF, arch., Lease Crutcher Lewis, contr. and Heery, Inc., project manager) T.Weekly 5/17/2007 p.A1 Lincoln alums help restore high school T.Weekly 8/30/2007 p.A1 Abes return to home turf; $62 million renovation of Lincoln High School nearing completion (il,interior il)
• TNT 9/2/2007 p.A1,A11,A12 Glorius again ... a dazzling mix of historic preservation and technological renewal (includes timeline) (il)
• TNT 9/16/2007 p.B1 It's awesome, say Abes; alumni like what they see at remodeled Lincoln High School (il) T.Weekly 9/20/2007 p.A3 Former Abe dedicates Lincoln sculpture to high school (il of sculptor Larry Anderson
• TNT 1/7/2008 p.D1 These Chix do lunch ... graduated from Lincoln High School in 1955 ... (il)
• TNT 2/13/2008 p.B1 School revives the memory of a ragtime great (Joe Jordan - Cummings Fine Arts Center rededicated) T.Weekly 2/14/2008 p.A6 Lincoln celebrates the life of a man who celebrated Lincoln (Joe Jordan)
• TNT 3/26/2008 p.B3 Architectural firm honored for Lincoln High renovation T.Daily Index 11/7/2008 p.1 National honors for historic Lincoln High School (il)
• TNT 9/14/2001 p.A1 Strike goes to court today (il)
• TNT 8/6/2013 p.A3 Events to mark Lincoln High's 100th
• TNT 8/9/2013 p.A3 We love ya, Lincoln, but don't get a big head T.Weekly 8/9/2013 p.B3 Lincoln High School celebrates its 100th birthday
• TNT 8/11/2013 p.A1,A7,A9 100 years of Lincoln High School: Lincoln through the decades: notable Abes (il)
• TNT 12/7/19 p.3A Lincoln High Teachers join Tacoma youth climate strike cause, rally (il) 371.01 OL8F p.105-08 (il) 371.62 C498R 379.797 H629H 379.797 L63 720 ST711S Stone : ten thousand years ago and now / pen drawings and historical data by Muriel Cambern (il) 979.72 H91 Vol.II p.250-52 (il)
• Year Built: 1913
• Decade Built: 1910s
• Style: Eton School

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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• 701 S 37TH ST, TACOMA