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Villa Plaza Shopping Center Thomas Albert Smith & A.E. Alexander, arch. Merritt Construction, contr. Worthen & Wing, consulting eng. opened in 1957 on the former site of Visitation Villa, a Catholic girls school run by the Sisters of the Visitation (SEE: 10203 GRAVELLY LAKE DR. S.W.) -grand opening 8/8/1957 -orginally 50 acres with 24 shops and stores -Villa Plaza was renamed the Lakewood Mall in 1989 -renamed Lakewood Towne Center in 2002 SEE ALSO: TPL Catalog/Clipping File
TNT 9/29/1955 p.A1 Plan million dollar center at Visitation (aerial il)
TNT 12/16/1955 p.A1 Planners recommend Visitation Villa zoning
TNT 1/15/1956 p.B10 To the residents of the Lakes District (protest against zoning change)
TNT 1/18/1956 p.A1 Rhodes to build Lakes store
TNT 1/23/1956 p.3 ... protest this commerical zoning
TNT 8/12/1956 p.A10 Lakes District center to be ready in 1957 (sketch)
TNT 3/10/1957 p.A20 All roads lead to Rhodes ... (Rhodes Dept. Store)
TNT 3/14/1957 p.B1-B7 Rhodes at Lakewood to open Friday noon (aerial il)
TNT 3/31/1957 p.B16 Villa Thriftway opens tomorrow (sketch)
TNT 4/2/1957 p.B1-B8 VIlla Thriftway now open (sketch)
TNT 4/3/1957 p.A7 Leed's (Shoe Store) opens second store at Villa Plaza (sketch)
TNT 4/7/1957 p.B9 New building for Firestone in Villa Plaza (Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.) (sketch)
TNT 4/17/1957 p.B2,B3 Thrifty Rexall Drugs opens at Villa Plaza (interior il)
TNT 4/18/1957 p.B3 Women's apparel store opens in Villa Plaza (Mode O' Day Shop)
TNT 5/8/1957 p.A8,A9 Fine new Woolworth's opens in Villa Plaza
TNT 5/9/1957 p.A7-A9 ... opening celebration (Weisfield's Jewelers opens at Villa Plaza)
TNT 5/10/1957 p.B10 The Pantry restaurant opens at Villa Plaza (interior il)
TNT 5/15/1957 p.A7 Fashion Shoes opens Thurs. in Villa Plaza p.A13 G.W. Paulson Co. opens store in Villa Plaza p.B1-B5 J.C. Penney's Villa Plaza Store to welcome public Thursday (il)
TNT 6/5/1957 p.A6,A7 New Foreman-Clark Villa Plaza store opens p.A9 Lerner Shops to open new Villa Plaza store
TNT 6/19/1957 p.A5 Karl's Shoe Store opens in Villa Plaza
TNT 7/11/1957 p.A6 National Bank of Washington at Villa Plaza to open (il)
TNT 7/30/1957 p.2 New Grants opens (W.T. Grant Co.)
TNT 7/31/1957 p.A9-A11 W.T. Grant Co. opens new VIlla Plaza store (il)
TNT 8/7/1957 p.B1-B20 Grand opening celebration (il)
TNT 8/27/1957 p.15,23 Fletcher's Villa Plaza store opens (Fletcher's Market)
TNT 9/22/1957 p.A8 Binyon (Optometrists) opens new Villa Plaza office
TNT 10/27/1957 p.A6,B9 Grand opening Villa Plaza Garden Center (il)
TNT 11/14/1957 p.A13 New Richards Studio opens in Villa Plaza (il)
TNT 12/5/1957 p.B5 Familiar view of entrance (il)
TNT 1/2/1958 p.A6 Pacific First Federal opens at Villa Plaza (sketch)
TNT 5/8/1958 p.B1-B9 Easy Living Celebration begins ... (il)
TNT 8/6/1958 p.B1-B12 Villa Plaza to mark first birthday (il and floor plan)
TNT 10/2/1958 p.C1-C7 Silver Dollar Days
TNT 10/29/1958 p.C16 Radio station for Lakewood (KFHA)
TNT 8/5/1959 p.B1-B12 2nd anniversary party (il)
TNT 9/25/1959 p.A7 Parade of Champions Collie Show (full page ad)
TNT 9/27/1960 p.7-11 Big Safeway market to open tomorrow (il)
TNT 1/22/1961 p.A8 Villa Plaza building burns
TNT 12/13/1961 p.D3 Addition for Villa Plaza scheduled
TNT 5/13/1962 p.C17 Villa Plaza to have $100,000 restaurant (Nelsen, Krona, Wilson & Ziegler, arch. and Merit Co., contr.) (sketch)
TNT 5/16/1962 p.A14 Building to be constructed at Villa Plaza
TNT 6/28/1962 p.C2 New cleaners plant opens at Villa Plaza (il of Plaza Cleaners)
TNT 8/29/1962 p.B1-B9 Moonlite sale
TNT 12/9/1962 p.A14 Balmy skiing (il of Lou Whittaker on an artificial snow, Permasnow, ski ramp)
TNT 10/13/1963 p.B8 Work starts on shop center site (sketch of new Ernst Hardware by Nelsen, Krona, & Ziegler, arch.)
TNT 1/18/1964 p.9 Coming in person the sensational Ink Spots
TNT 3/29/1964 p.B5 Staff named for hardware center (sketch of planned Ernst-Malmo store)
TNT 4/13/1964 p.23-34 Grand opening of Ernst-Malmo (il)
TNT 5/19/1966 p.C15 Self-service post office coming (il)
TNT 7/14/1966 p.A11 Power for new center (il)
TNT 8/10/1966 p.C15 Planners OK Villa Plaza expansion
TNT 9/26/1966 p.A9,B1-B8 Pay 'n Save to open store at Villa Plaza (il)
TNT 10/16/1966 p.D19 Glasgow's sets week-long celebration (il)
TNT 10/18/1966 p.C1-C3 Auto servicing facility to open at Villa Plaza (il of Penney's Auto Center)
TNT 10/29/1967 p.B8 Children's own store (il of Vertrees' Baby News & Store)
TNT 8/12/1970 New Grants store in Villa Plaza to open (il)
TNT 8/11/1979 Developer discloses Villa Plaza plans (proposed remodeling for Ernest W. Hahn, Inc. of El Segundo, CA) (Jerde Partnership / Robert B. Liles, Inc., arch.)
TNT 5/15/1980 Villa Plaza rebuilding still planned
TNT 10/12/1980 Villa Plaza rebuild rescheduled (again) for January
TNT 6/6/1982 p.E3 Villa Plaza rebuilding on hold, developer concedes
TNT 11/25/1982 New stores give Villa Plaza new look
TNT 9/10/1984 Cause of pub walkway collapse being probed (il)
TNT 7/4/1986 Villa Plaza to be upgraded by new owner (purchased by the Vyzis Co.)
TNT 7/17/1986 p.C1 New Villa Plaza design unveiled (McGranahan, Messenger Associates, arch.) (sketch)
TNT 10/28/1986 p.B11 Villa Plaza: ready for Christmas?
TNT 11/12/1987 p.C11 Villa Plaza's new look shifts into high gear; enclosed mall begun in $50 million second phase (il)
TNT 4/6/1988 p.D1 Villa Plaza, second phase (il under construction) (remodeling by Kober / Sclater Associates of Seattle, arch. and Kurth Construction Co., contr.) 333.7 P614V 333.7 P614V2 979.778 D921L p.107-109,116,123 (il) ----- Lakewood Mall -grand opening 9/15/1989
TNT 9/11/1989 Another mall makes its bow
TNT 9/14/1989 Grand Opening Section (il)
TNT 2/19/1995 p.E1 Lakewood exits; Lakewood Mall has grown from 80 to 180 stores, but Ernst, a major tenant is pulling out ... (map)
TNT 4/19/1997 Lakewood Mall in new hands (purchased by Bentall Corp. of Vancouver, BC)
TNT 6/18/1998 p.B7 Lakewood Mall may sell soon
TNT 2/10/1999 p.A1 Mall: $1 fee for City Hall land
TNT 4/3/1999 p.B1 New owner would remodel mall (Wells Fargo Bank)
TNT 7/8/1999 p.B1 Lakewood to buy another 3.4 acres at mall; site of Safeway store will become part of new city hall
TNT 3/7/2000 p.B7 Developer purchases Lakewood Mall (MBK Northwest)
TNT 3/8/2000 p.D1 Lakewood Mall's buyer is a doer
TNT 6/8/2001 p.D1 A second chance for Lakewood Mall (sketch of proposed remodeling for MBK Northwest of Portland)
TNT 6/27/2001 p.B1 Man shot to death at Lakewood Mall
TNT 7/4/2001 p.B1 Boy, 15, jailed in mall slaying
TNT 7/7/2001 p.B1 Youth charged in mall slaying
TNT 7/14/2001 p.D1 Lakewood Mall slated for "redevelopment" - not closure ----- Lakewood Towne Center -grand opening 8/2/2002
TNT 7/31/2001 p.D1 Lakewood Mall has new owner (MBK Northwest to remodel mall and rename it Lakewood Towne Center)
TNT 9/22/2001 p.D1 Lakewood Mall's last call; fixtures, infrastructure auctioned in preparation for demolition T.Daily Index 10/23/2001 p.1 Makeover for the Lakewood Mall; portions of mall demolished as part of plan for a smaller, revamped property (Bennet Stange Architects of Portland, arch. and S.D. Deacon Construction, contr.) (il) T.Daily Index 5/30/2002 p.1 Some Lakewood Towne Center stores to open soon (il)
TNT 6/13/2002 p.D1 High hopes greet new retail center in Lakewood Business Examiner 7/22/2002 p.11 First of new retail tenants open doors ... (il)
TNT 7/28/2002 p.A12 Grand opening (full page ad) (sketch)
TNT 7/31/2002 p.D1,D2,E7-E9 Another chance for Lakewood center (il) T.Daily Index 8/1/2002 p.1 ... grand opening tomorrow (il of entry sign) Business Examiner 8/5/2002 p.18 Towne Center ringing again with the music of commerce (il) T.Daily Index 8/6/2002 p.1 ... celebrates grand opening (il) Business Examiner 12/9/2002 p.4 A candid conversation with David Moore ... project manager
TNT 12/9/2002 p.B1 Lakewood mall: No soliciting T.Daily Index 3/6/2003 p.1 More stores coming to Lakewood Towne Center (il)
TNT 10/29/2004 p.A1 The metamorphosis of the shopping mall ... follow a national trend by developing outdoor shopping centers anchored by city buildings (il)
Year Built: 1957
Decade Built: 1950s

10503 GRAVELLY LAKE DR SW, LAKEWOOD

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laundromat Villa Plaza Development, builder
TNT 3/2/1959 p.6 permits
Year Built: 1959
Decade Built: 1950s

10511 GRAVELLY LAKE DR SW, LAKEWOOD

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Andrew Karpach III
TNT 4/19/1953 p.D15 permits
Year Built: 1953
Decade Built: 1950s

10630 GRAVELLY LAKE DR SW, LAKEWOOD

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2 images. St. Mary's Episcopal Church Robert B. Price, arch. Korsmor Bros., contr. -"ultra-modern" -dedicated 9/19/1957
TNT 9/16/1956 p.A16 Modern as tomorrow (sketch)
TNT 11/25/1956 p.B11 St. Mary's church going up (il)
TNT 4/19/1957 p.5 Church rady for Easter (il)
TNT 4/2/1958 (il) Suburban Times 2/25/1965 (il)
TNT 7/19/1966 p.24 Church looted 283 M813M p.118 (il)
Year Built: 1957
Decade Built: 1950s
Style: ultra-modern

10900 GRAVELLY LAKE DR SW, LAKEWOOD

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11012 GRAVELLY LAKE DR SW, LAKEWOOD

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Burlap Boutique
TNT 12/20/1964 p.D3 (ad,sketch)
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11014-16 GRAVELLY LAKE DR SW, LAKEWOOD

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Lakewood Artists Gallery
TNT 10/9/1966 p.D10 Lakewood Artists Gallery opens (interior il) ----- Band Stand Music Store
TNT 2/16/1967 p.D10 Burglars get $1,556 in R 'n R items
Year Built: 1941
Decade Built: 1940s

11410 GRAVELLY LAKE DR SW, LAKEWOOD

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Built circa 1941 Victor Kaufman
TNT 3/19/1957 p.C13 Remodeling improves Steilacoom Lake home (il)
Year Built: 1941
Decade Built: 1940s

11415 GRAVELLY LAKE DR SW, LAKEWOOD

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Built circa 1936 Mrs. Margaret H. Simpson
TNT 11/23/1948 p.21 Mrs. Simpson of Lakes dies ----- Dr. Charles S. & Ida Pascoe
TNT 8/20/1949 p.14 (remodeling)
TNT 5/22/1955 p.D1 Church women plan annual Garden Walk (il)
TNT 4/23/1957 p.1 Dr. C.S. Pascoe stricken here ----- Goodwin & Gudrun Chase
TNT 8/16/1959 p.D1 Belles 'n' books (interior il)
TNT 6/18/1962 p.1 Stevenson will stay in Tacoma tonight (visit of Adlai E. Stevenson)
TNT 11/27/1966 p.D1,D2 Tour of Holiday Homes (interior il)
TNT 5/7/1972 p.E5 (il)
Year Built: 1936
Decade Built: 1930s
Style: Colonial

11419 GRAVELLY LAKE DR SW, LAKEWOOD

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Lee L. & Erna Doud -brick veneer
TNT 6/11/1949 p.1 permits
TNT 5/22/1955 p.D1 Church women plan annual Garden Walk (il)
TNT 5/20/1957 p.27 Death claims Mrs. Lee Doud
Year Built: 1949
Decade Built: 1940s

11430 GRAVELLY LAKE DR SW, LAKEWOOD

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Approximate address. Elmer Hayden TNL 1/27/1918 p.B7 Elmer Hayden country home sold for $10,000 (house purchased by Mrs. Ernst Dolge)
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11438 GRAVELLY LAKE DR SW, LAKEWOOD

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Russ & Karen Wilson John V. Austin, arch. Earl Jensen (Federal Way), contr.
TNT 2/26/1978 Magazine p.10 A concern for entertaining (il,interior il, floor plan)
Year Built: 1977
Decade Built: 1970s
Style: Northwest contemporary

11500 GRAVELLY LAKE DR SW, LAKEWOOD

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11503 GRAVELLY LAKE DR SW, LAKEWOOD

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Daniel L. Scott, builder
TNT 9/3/1989 p.H1 For sale (il)
Year Built: 1989
Decade Built: 1980s

11511 GRAVELLY LAKE DR SW, LAKEWOOD

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Built circa 1910 Charles A. Strong / "Stronghold" -later occupied by Henry Hewitt
TNT 5/9/1976 p.E2 Home tours fund the Art Museum ----- Dr. Henry Minton
TNT 8/8/1948 p.D1 Relax in garden setting (il) ----- Miss Peggy Strong
TNT 7/24/1949 p.B10 Tacoma artist returns
TNT 6/11/1956 p.1 Young Tacoma artist passes ----- Julian N. Cheatham
TNT 7/11/1954 p.D1 The lake is their front yard (il)
Year Built: 1910
Decade Built: 1910s

11512 GRAVELLY LAKE DR SW, LAKEWOOD

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Built circa 1971 David G. Ritter
TNT 5/24/1981 p.D1 ... benefit tour for museum (il,interior il) ----- Jim & Marjorie Wallace
TNT 4/25/2010 p.D1 Fancy houses hard to sell (il,interior il)
Year Built: 1971
Decade Built: 1970s

11523 GRAVELLY LAKE DR SW, LAKEWOOD

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LeRoy Rogers
TNT 9/11/1955 p.C18 permits
Year Built: 1955
Decade Built: 1950s

11523 GRAVELLY LAKE DR SW, LAKEWOOD

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Alexander & Mary Thomson / "Gray Cottage"
TNT 12/29/1952 p.1 Death claims Mrs. Thomson
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11527 GRAVELLY LAKE DR SW, LAKEWOOD

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Built circa 1911 Scott Z. Henderson -Interlaaken Add. bC,14
TDL 9/21/1919 p.B5 (Henderson purchases house from Albert Armstrong)
TNT 8/11/1940 p.A8 Lake home sold (Henderson repurchases his former home from the Nellie J. Scott estate) (il) ----- Horace & Delia Fogg / "Gladmore" T.Times 6/1/1939 p.11 Miss Parlama, Mr. Fogg wed in quiet church rites
TNT 3.25.1967 p.2 Mrs. H. Fogg, financiers widow, dies -----
TNT 6/3/1990 p.H1 For sale (il)
Year Built: 1911
Decade Built: 1910s

11800 GRAVELLY LAKE DR SW, LAKEWOOD

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11801 GRAVELLY LAKE DR SW, LAKEWOOD

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Built circa 1941 Lt. General Lewis A. Pick
TNT 11/1/1953 p.D2 New residents (interior il) ----- Geo. & Wendy W. Weyerhaeuser
TNT 4/19/1995 p.B2 Earth First! protests at Weyerhaeuser home
TNT 11/21/1999 p.D1 Pierce County's million-dollar homes (il)
Year Built: 1941
Decade Built: 1940s

11815 GRAVELLY LAKE DR SW, LAKEWOOD

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3 images. Wm. Laird McCormick / "Briarhurst" Cornell Bros., contr. -brick
TDL 10/11/1914 p.28 $20,000 country home soon to be completed
TDL 6/13/1915 p.28 (il)
TDL 7/16/1916 p.26 (il)
TDL 7/23/1916 p.26 (account of party)
TDL 7/15/1923 p.D1 (account of party) 366 AF42A (il) 917.972 T11Co p.18 (il) ----- Frank S. Baker / "Briarhurst"
TDL 6/26/1927 p.D1 (il of garden)
TDL 9/8/1929 p.C1 (account of wedding) 716 T112A (il of garden) -----
TNT 2/14/1941 p.23 For sale (il) ----- Edwin Lewis Griffin
TNT 12/16/1948 p.C4 Pre-holiday tea (interior il)
TNT 3/9/1955 p.1 Edwin Griffin ends his life
TNT 3/10/1955 p.D76 Griffin rites at 2 Friday ----- Lakes Nursery School, Inc.
TNT 5/24/1959 p.D8 ... open house (interior il) ----- Carroll K. & Patricia O'Rourke
TNT 5/11/1975 p.E1 Home tour beckons
Year Built: 1914
Decade Built: 1910s
Style: Southern Colonial

11817 GRAVELLY LAKE DR SW, LAKEWOOD

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Built circa 1973 John Gaston James Widrig, arch.
TNT 9/26/1976 Newcomer fits old surroundings (il) -----
TNT 5/16/1999 p.MP6 For sale (il)
TNT 3/11/2001 p.R1 For sale (il)
Year Built: 1973
Decade Built: 1970s

11900 GRAVELLY LAKE DR SW, LAKEWOOD

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11900 GRAVELLY LAKE DR SW, LAKEWOOD

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Lakewood Water District
TNT 5/31/1967 p.B8 Water district office ready at Lakewood
TNT 6/14/1967 p.C5 Open house set for Friday at Lakewood office
TNT 9/17/1967 p.C20 (permit taken for utility bldg.)
Year Built: 1967
Decade Built: 1960s

11911 GRAVELLY LAKE DR SW, LAKEWOOD

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Built circa 1962 Mrs. Jay M. Webb
TNT 4/29/1965 p.A1 Violent earthquake rumbles across NW ... woman dies of heart attack blamed on tremblor
Year Built: 1962
Decade Built: 1960s

11921 GRAVELLY LAKE DR SW, LAKEWOOD

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3 images. David C. Scott / "Belleterre" Edwin J. Ivey, arch. -stucco on hollow tile with stone and brick trim -heavy slate roof
TDL 12/2/1923 p.E8 New chateau for Gravelly Lake (sketch)
TDL 6/14/1925 p.E10 State architects will visit Tacoma (mention)
TDL 1/7/1928 p.5 (account of party)
TDL 8/23/1930 Belleterre's beauty at Gravelly Lake (il)
TNT 8/2/1937 p.5 (il of garden) 716 T112A (il of garden) ----- Rex G. Rutherford
TNT 5/26/1948 p.1 Lake residents stirred by series of robberies ----- Arlene Roberson
TNT 11/21/1999 p.D1 Pierce County's million-dollar homes (il)
Year Built: 1924
Decade Built: 1920s
Style: French Gothic chateau

11923 GRAVELLY LAKE DR SW, LAKEWOOD

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Built circa 1957 Harold W. & Louise Meyer
TNT 12/7/1958 p.D7 Guild sets open house as Orthopedic benefit (interior il)
Year Built: 1957
Decade Built: 1950s

12100 GRAVELLY LAKE DR SW, LAKEWOOD

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