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D85811-1
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- 1954-10-24 (Creation)
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Exterior Browns Point Elementary School. Browns Point School was opened in a portable in 1918 with one teacher, Martha Floberg, teaching grades one through eight. Visitors were advised to take the steamer Veronica at the Municipal Dock in order to get to the school. After much controversy, the school was closed in 1938, with Browns Point residents holding a solemn funeral service in its honor. A brand new school was built in 1952 at 1502 51st St. N.E. with Sylvan Kramer as the principal for both Browns Point and Meeker Junior High. There were now seven teachers, including kindergarten. View of brick Browns Point School was taken on October 24, 1954 as requested by Ostruske-Murphy, Inc., who were contractors for the new school. (Olsen: For the Record, p. 113)
Browns Point School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1950-1960; Ostruske-Murphy, Inc. (Tacoma);