2 images. Washington College Boone & Meeker, arch. J.R. Lomer, contr. -bldg. also known as Paddock Hall -school was boys' equivalent of Annie Wright Seminary -bldg. later served as the Tacoma High School -demolished in 1912 to make way for new Central School Bldg. (SEE: 601 SO. 8th ST.)
TDL 6/21/1885 (mention)
TDL 7/2/1885 Corner stone laid
TDL 12/13/1885 Washington College house warming
TDL 12/17/1885 (ad) 370.979 B67 p.266 979.72 H91 Vol.I p.349,350 (il) ----- Tacoma High School -first classes 9/12/1898 -bldg. later served as parental school
TDL 5/6/1898 p.3 School site is bought
TDL 5/20/1898 p.3 (Washington College Bldg. to be converted into high school by C.A. Darmer, arch.)
TDL 5/19/1899 p.5 Ready to ask bids
TDL 11/8/1901 p.5 Ordered by council to remove "Clark's Hump"
TDL 4/14/1912 p.9 Old landmark is soon to pass
TDL 6/9/1912 p.39 Tacoma land-marks giving way ... (il of demolition)
TDL 6/16/1912 p.46 Cornerstone tells old Tacoma history
TNT 3/14/1922 Do you remember? (il of early students)
TNT 2/22/1948 p.A1 Schoolboy "strike" of 1906 brought honor to George (Washington)
TNT 5/8/1951 p.15 Monument is unveiled (commemorating the site of Tacoma's first high school) 371.01 OL8F p.49 (il)