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- 2 images. Mary Bridge Children's Hospital John W. Maloney, arch. Lea, Pearson & Richards, associate arch. Nelson Construction Co., contr. -reinforced concrete faced with architectural concrete -named in honor of Mary Bridge, mother of medical pioneer Dr. Albert W. Bridge -cornerstone laid 6/9/1954 -dedicated 3/27/1955 -opened 3/29/1955 -renamed Mary Bridge Children's Health Center c.1980 SEE ALSO: TPL Catalog/Clipping File TNT 10/21/1949 p.1 Plans for children's hospital divulged TNT 11/23/1949 p.1 Bridge estate decision brings hospital for children closer TNT 1/24/1950 p.1 Hospital's path clear TNT 2/13/1950 p.26 Buy land for hospital TNT 5/14/1950 Orthopedic head tells local hospital plans TNT 5/7/1953 p.A1 New structure represents goal of years (sketch) TNT 9/13/1953 p.A14 Benefit for Tacoma's new Orthopedic children's hospital (sketch) TNT 9/18/1953 p.B3 Hospital planners (il) TNT 12/13/1953 Hospital site work started (il of site) TNT 2/17/1954 p.1 Plans advance for children's hospital here TNT 4/4/1954 p.B12 Construction under way (il) TNT 5/9/1954 p.A13 Hospital cornerstone laying set ... TNT 5/16/1954 p.A2 Cornerstone rites planned ... TNT 5/20/1954 p.C2 Ed Sullivan coming here (for cornerstone ceremony) TNT 5/23/1954 p.A2 Hospital will have plaques for donors TNT 5/28/1954 p.1 Third floor for hospital TNT 6/6/1954 p.D4 Hospital ceremony Wednesday (entertainer Ed Sullivan and Judge Geo. Boldt to help lay cornerstone) TNT 6/8/1954 p.10 Cornerstone will be laid Wednesday TNT 6/9/1954 p.A1 2,000 at hospital ceremony (il) South Tacoma Star 6/17/1954 Participating in the ceremonies (il) TNT 8/1/1954 p.C13 (il under construction) TNT 11/28/1954 p.C15 (il under construction) TNT 1/20/1955 p.B3 Mary Bridge Hospital to open March 1 TNT 2/20/1955 p.A1 Hospital opens on March 29 TNT 3/10/1955 p.A6 ... hospital beautifully landscaped (il of living Christmas tree) TNT 3/13/1955 p.D10 Murals painted for children's hospital (il of artist Ruth Byers) TNT 3/14/1955 p.3 Painting begun at new hospital for children TNT 3/15/1955 p.1 Langlie due for hospital dedication (Governor Arthur B. Langlie) TNT 3/18/1955 Sixty-one women, one man, to aid in hospital opening TNT 3/25/1955 p.20 Donations to hospital aid new building TNT 3/26/1955 p.1 Governor to speak at hospital dedication TNT 3/27/1955 p.A1,A13-A17 Tacoma set to dedicate new hospital ... open doors to public today (il,interior il) TNT 3/28/1955 p.1 Mary Bridge Hospital dedicated; 3,000 attend ceremonies (il) TNT 6/26/1955 p.A7 New orthopedic clinic added by hospital TNT 11/6/1955 Dr. Albert W. Bridge - medical pioneer (il) TNT 1/19/1956 Sorority donates TV (il) TNT 4/8/1956 p.D1 Happy birthday to the Mary Bridge Hospital (interior il) TNT 5/8/1956 p.8 New hospital treats kids (il) TNT 11/25/1956 p.A10 City's first bone bank opens at Mary Bridge TNT 5/14/1957 Nurses unveil Nightingale engraving TNT 8/30/1957 Mary Bridge hospital plans expansion (third floor to be finished) TNT 9/14/1957 p.3 New signs made for hospital (neon signs) TNT 12/1/1957 Living memorials adorn hospital grounds; green tree gifts ring Mary Bridge TNT 12/7/1958 p.A14 Hospital improvements planned (addition by Lea, Pearson & Richards, arch.) (sketch) TNT 5/17/1959 p.A11 Mary Bridge Hospital seeks third floor (interior il) TNT 5/31/1959 p.B9 Space need big problem at Mary Bridge (interior il) TNT 5/11/1960 p.A7 5-year-old institution plans for more space (il) TNT 5/8/1962 Children's hospital to expand (il) TNT 7/31/1963 p.B16 Strange bird picks hospital for care TNT 5/10/1964 p.C17 Every room at Mary Bridge will have TV p.D1 ... fulfilled by many mothers (interior il) p.D3 Tour of new floor highlight of Mary Bridge Hospital Tea TNT 5/12/1964 p.11,14,15 Mary Bridge Children's Hospital opens third floor (remodeling by Macdonald Bldg. Co., contr.) (il) TNT 3/7/1968 p.A1 Ton of therapy (il of visiting baby elephant) TNT 10/13/1968 p.A12 Plaque pays tribute to Dr. Coleman (Dr. Alfred H. Coleman) (il) TNT 6/15/1969 p.B2 Poison Center in new location TNT 2/22/1973 Mary Bridge gets OK on remodeling TNT 12/8/1974 Time Machine (il) TNT 2/9/1975 p.A7 Mary Bridge plans $2 million project (map,sketch) TNT 7/13/1975 Speech and hearing center rising TNT 6/15/1976 Addition bids asked at Mary Bridge center TNT 7/18/1976 Children's hospital plans addition (Lea, Pearson & Richards, arch. and Geo. Sollitt Construction Co., contr.) (sketch) TNT 7/30/1976 Mary Bridge opens speech, hearing clinic TNT 2/19/1978 ... to dedicate new wing TNT 8/31/1978 Mary Bridge has 100,000th patient TNT 3/27/1980 p.A10 Mary Bridge 25 years old (includes dates/highlights>of hospital's history) TNT 5/18/1980 Mary Bridge's 25th birthday was a delicious success (il) TNT 3/6/1996 p.B2 Mary Bridge gets OK for rooftop helipad TNT 7/28/2000 p.A1 Pony pays visit to boy battling cancer (il) TNT 10/28/2002 p.A1 Tacoma hospitals to grow TNT 6/4/2003 p.D1 Tribe lifts Mary Bridge to goal (ground broken for new ambulatory care bldg.) TNT 5/8/2004 p.D1 Big present for Mary Bridge (il of new Children's Health Center under construction) (J.R. Abbott, contr.) TNT 6/12/2004 p.D1 Comforting creatures; hospital's topiary animals ... (il) TNT 3/9/2005 p.B1 Where medicine meets masterpiece (interior il of "The Color of Breath" by artist Dana Lyn Louis) TNT 3/18/2005 p.A1 Fifty years of healing children (inclues timeline) (il) T.Weekly 4/7/2005 p.B1 Northwest tapestry art is expressive and accessible (il of tapestries) 361.7632 T119T 362 W28C p.107 (il) 979.7788 M175TA p.60,61 (il)
- Year Built: 1954
- Decade Built: 1950s