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Name and location of repository
Level of description
Item
Title
C85467-1
Date(s)
- 1954-10-01 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
(1919-1980)
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Scope and content
Architectural drawing of elementary school. Grant School, named after President Ulysses S. Grant and built in 1900, was overcrowded and deteriorating by 1954. A Citizens Advisory Committee, representing 175 civic and service organizations, recommended replacement of Grant Elementary due to its poor condition. Architects McGuire and Muri drew plans for a new school in 1954; however, construction was delayed until a bond issue proposal was passed by local voters. Construction began in 1955 and the new school was dedicated in February, 1956. (Olsen: For the Record, p. 79)
Architectural drawings; Grant School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1950-1960;