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602 N SPRAGUE AVE, TACOMA

  • 14 images. University of Puget Sound / College of Puget Sound -established by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1888 as Puget Sound Univeristy -reorganized as the University of Puget Sound in 1903 -first permament campus opened on this site in 1903 (Geo. W. Bullard, arch.), building campaign continued through 1907 -bldgs. were demolished after U.P.S. moved to its new campus in 1924 and Jason Lee Intermediate School was built on the site -known as the College of Puget Sound from 1914-1959 SEE ALSO: 1500 NO. WARNER ST. SEE ALSO: TPL Catalog/Clipping File
  • TDL 5/31/1903 p.17 permits
  • TDL 7/7/1903 p.5 (sketch)
  • TDL 1/15/1905 p.16 (gymnasium to be built)
  • TDL 7/14/1907 p.17 New building for university (to be built with wood from the old Washington School)
  • TDL 11/10/1907 p.34 (il of new chapel) TDN 9/24/1913 p.1 University's big frame gymnasium total loss after early morning fire (il)
  • TDL 6/22/1919 p.B6 Officers barracks to be gymnasium (remodeling by Frederic Shaw, arch.)
  • TDL 7/13/1919 p.B4 (sketch of proposed gymnasium)
  • TDL 6/9/1924 p.2 Old building at college closed; special ceremony held ... ("color post" moved to new campus) 378.7 EA76O 378.797 M3247M 917.97 W52W 1904 p.42 (il) 917.9778 AR75A (il) 979.72 H91 Vol.I opp. p.328 (il) 979.778 M364T p.47 (il) ----- -print at TPL (General Coll., Richards Coll. #C164600-145)
  • Year Built: 1903
  • Decade Built: 1900s
  • Demolished

602 N SPRAGUE AVE, TACOMA

  • 14 images. Jason Lee Intermediate School Roland E. Borhek, arch. O.F. Larson, contr. -the first and largest of six new "intermediate" schools built after approval of a bond issue in 1923 -originally named West Intermediate School, later renamed Jason Lee Junior High School, Jason Lee Middle School -named in honor of early Northwest missionary Jason Lee -built on the old campus site of the College of Puget Sound -first classes 9/8/1924 -official dedication 3/26/1925 -addition in 1968 -remodeling in 1966,1972,2001 -added to the Tacoma Register in Dec. 2010
  • TNT 10/19/1923 Handsome structure to be first of new schools (sketch) T.Times 10/19/1923 School will be modern
  • TDL 11/2/1923 p.1 Will rush building of new school
  • TNT 11/2/1923 Board approves junior high plans
  • TDL 11/9/1923 p.1 Seek bids on school house
  • TDL 11/20/1923 p.1 New school bids prove to be high
  • TDL 1/23/1924 p.E8 (mention)
  • TDL 3/16/1924 p.B5 (il under construction)
  • TNT 4/3/1924 (il under construction)
  • TDL 6/29/1924 p.A4 Important unit in city's school building program (sketch)
  • TDL 7/13/1924 p.E8 (il under construction)
  • TNT 8/7/1924 p.6 School architect fired after row (hard copy only)
  • TDL 9/7/1924 p.A10 First intermediate in service tomorrow (il)
  • TNT 3/5/1925 Dedicate Jason Lee School; tributes will be paid missionary who pioneered among Northwest Indians (il) T.Times 3/5/1925 ... school is presented with flag
  • TDL 3/22/1925 p.A2 Flames damage Jason Lee School p.A3 Jason Lee will be dedicated Thursday
  • TDL 3/27/1925 p.1 Dedication program at Jason Lee School draws large crowd
  • TDL 4/8/1925 p.7 (il)
  • TDL 4/26/1925 p.A6 Enlarging Jason Lee bicycle shed
  • TDL 11/4/1925 p.4 Students watch planting of gift tree (Tacoma Garden Club presents chestnut tree)
  • TDL 3/7/1926 p.A8 (il)
  • TDL 1/9/1927 p.A9 ... religious week program (il) Architect & Engineer, March 1928 p.57 (il)
  • TNT 11/30/1927 p.6 (architectural award)
  • TDL 4/9/1929 Gravure Sec. p.4 (il)
  • TDL 4/29/1930 Rotogravvure Sec. (il)
  • TDL 3/13/1932 p.A2 Girl Scout pageant draws large crowd (visit of national president)
  • TDL 5/29/1934 p.C4 (il) T.Times 4/15/1939 p.7 When Tacoma greeted Shawn and his dancers ... (appearance by dancer Ted Shawn)
  • TNT 8/29/1940 p.1 Tacoma gives Stassen enthusiastic greeting (appearance by Gov. Harold Stassen of Minnesota)
  • TNT 4/24/1942 p.1 Prince Olav will speak (appearance by Crown Prince Olav of Norway)
  • TNT 4/25/1942 p.1 Spirit of Norway is unbroken
  • TNT 6/9/1942 p.1 Mrs. McAdoo is coming (appearance by Mrs. Eleanor McAdoo, daughter of President Woodrow Wilson)
  • TNT 6/11/1942 p.21 Present war called America's 2nd chance; Mrs. Eleanor Wilson McAdoo speaks here ...
  • TNT 12/22/1947 p.21 Maybe he just wanted to take a shower (prowler)
  • TNT 6/16/1948 p.2 (ad for appearance by Dale Carnegie)
  • TNT 10/9/1948 p.7 Tacoma for Christ Rally
  • TNT 2/15/1958 His ducktail haircut brings school ouster
  • TNT 6/2/1961 p.20 Remodeling bids low on school jobs (remodeling by Strom Construction Co., contr.)
  • TNT 6/9/1963 Magazine p.1 (aerial il)
  • TNT 6/15/1963 p.12 School loses 79 windows to vandals
  • TNT 8/19/1966 p.1 Contracts let ... (remodeling by the Rome Co., contr.)
  • TNT 1/26/1968 p.A8 $453,000 plan at Jason Lee is approved (gymnasium and industrial arts complex)
  • TNT 10/26/1969 p.A20 Dedication set for gymnasium
  • TNT 10/22/1972 p.A20 Dedication Tuesday of remodeled hall
  • TNT 3/20/1975 p.A12 Jason Lee rededication illuminating for students (il c.1924)
  • TNT 10/15/1988 Exterior unsafe at Tacoma school
  • TNT 12/11/1991 p.B7 Residents rally to defense of Jason Lee, Gault schools
  • TNT 10/25/1993 p.D1 In a class by itself (il)
  • TNT 11/3/1993 p.B5 ... preservation debate
  • TNT 8/27/1998 p.B1 Tacoma schools win $5 million grant (U.S. Secretary of Education Richard Riley visits school)
  • TNT 2/1/1999 p.B1 A reunion and rebirth at Jason Lee; alums to gather Saturday at the 75-year-old building that is to be gutted (interior il)
  • TNT 1/28/2001 p.B1 Architect says there's more than meets eye when updating school
  • TNT 8/30/2001 p.A1 New life for an old friend (il,interior il)
  • TNT 10/30/2001 p.B3 ... open house Saturday in refurbished school building
  • TNT 11/14/2001 p.B3 More building news (architectural award)
  • TNT 12/7/2002 p.B2 Angry boy, 12, causes school evacuation T.Daily Index 12/8/2010 p.1 Six Tacoma schools added to historic register T.Weekly 4/22/2011 p.C2 Tacoma's Historic Homes Tour (il)
  • TNT 2/22/2021 p.3A Two final options presented for the new name for Jason Lee school (ext, il)
  • TNT 5/17/2021 p.2A Name change getting closer for Jason Lee Middle School (ext il)
  • TNT 6/27/2021 p.6A Jason Middle School to be renamed Hilltop Heritage (ext il) 371.01 OL8F p.123,124 (il) 371.62 C498R 379.797 J311J 379.797 T119J 979.778 M4517T p.52,53 (il)
  • Year Built: 1924
  • Decade Built: 1920s
  • On City Historic Register
  • Style: Tudor / Gothic Revival