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A117505-1
Date(s)
- 1958-10-20 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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Adjoining Washington Elementary School, the new Nell Hoyt Primary School, 2708 North Union Avenue, was under construction in October of 1958. As originally designed, by innovative architect Robert Billsbrough Price, natural light would flood the four large open learning areas that made-up the major part of the school from large skylights in the domical roofs and from the wall-to-wall glass windows that encased the building. It was named after Nell Hoyt, a national pioneer in the "preschool" movement and a resident of Tacoma. Photograph ordered by Weyerhaeuser Timber Co.
Nell Hoyt School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1950-1960; Building construction--Tacoma--1950-1960;