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714 TACOMA AVE S, TACOMA
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- 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)
- Year Built: 1885
- Decade Built: 1880s
- Demolished: 1912
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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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