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ZEHNDER ST, SUMNER

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Shell Oil Co. Distribution Plant R.N. Maxwell, contr. TDL 2/5/1928 p.A6 Oil plant under way at Sumner
Year Built: 1928
Decade Built: 1920s

ZEHNDER ST, SUMNER

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Hewitt-Lea-Funck Co. TDL 11/11/1923 p.G1 (il) 979.778 R6339S p.27 (interior il)
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ZEHNDER ST, SUMNER

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Northern Board & Paper Mills TDL 11/11/1923 p.G1 (il) TDL 3/22/1925 p.A1 Will improve Sumner plant (interior il) TDL 7/17/1926 p.10 Mill addition at Sumner started
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WOOD AVE, SUMNER

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C.A. Anderson L.D. Ryan, builder TDL 5/21/1922 p.E8 (il)
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WOOD AVE, SUMNER

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J.T. McKenney TDL 5/21/1922 p.E8 (il)
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WASHINGTON AVE, EATONVILLE

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Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church -first services held 12/18/1918 979.778 H628H Vol.I p.74
Year Built: 1918
Decade Built: 1910s

TANGLEWOOD ISLAND, FOX ISLAND

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Tanglewood Lighthouse & Pavilion / Ta-ha-do-Wa Camp for Boys -construction started Jan. 1946 -opened 7/1/1947 -concrete blocks, 30 tons total weight -45 ft. in height -"de luxe boy's camp" -"only round lighthouse to be built in this country in the last 84 years" (TNT 10/6/1946) -named for a Puyallup Indian word meaning "welcome in" TDL 12/30/1934 p.B9 Hoska Island reported sold to Tacoma man (island purchased by Dr. Alfred L. Schultz) TDL 5/26/1935 p.B8 (aerial il of island) TNT 12/17/1945 p.1 Pierce Co. building up (Dr. A.L. Schultz takes out permit to build summer camp) TNT 4/28/1946 p.A11 Camp near completion (aerial il) TNT 10/6/1946 p.A1 New light is landmark of modern boy's camp (il) TNT 6/1/1947 Small island will be paradise for boys (il) TNT 8/14/1949 p.D9 Ready-aim-fire (il) TNT 6/25/1950 p.A7 Twins day on island (il) p.A14 (ad for Camp Ta-Ha-Do-Wa) (il) TNT 7/31/1950 p.18 Camp takes on international air at island (aerial il) TNT 8/2/1953 p.D1 (il) TNT 5/31/1959 p.A10 Fife seniors plan party on island TNT 6/4/1961 p.D6 (ad for camp) (il) TNT 3/29/1964 p.C12,D8 Tanglewood Island camp open June 24 (il) TNT 4/1/1981 p.C10 (obituary of Dr. Alfred L. Schultz) TNT 4/2/1981 p.C14 (obituary correction) TNT 1/29/2014 p.A3 Property owners defy county, reduce island icon to rubble (il) TNT 4/23/2014 p.A3 County sets rules for work to resume on Tanglewood Gig Harbor Living Local 5/2021[magazine in assorted periodical drawer] The Tanglewood Lighthouse Project (multiple ils) 979.778 AL72A p.62 979.7788 ED36F p.95-99,115 (il) ----- -print at TPL (Richards Coll. #A51432-1,A51432-2)
Year Built: 1946
Decade Built: 1940s
Demolished: 2014

SUMMIT AVE, FIRCREST

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R.R. Martin Harry Bingham Spear, arch. TDL 6/21/1908 p.22 (sketch)
Year Built: 1908
Decade Built: 1900s

STEVENS ST, STEILACOOM

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Approximate address. Built circa 1860 Mrs. Gales Residence -at 7th St. Historic American Buildings Survey (il)
Year Built: 1860
Decade Built: 1860s

STATE ROUTE 706, ASHFORD

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Abbreviation Key: GTWY - Peninsula Gateway, TDL - Tacoma Daily Ledger, TDN - Tacoma Daily News, TNL - Tacoma News Ledger, TNT - Tacoma News Tribune
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SPANAWAY LOOP RD, SPANAWAY

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Reynolds Residence -Spanaway Lake, opposite the park, twenty acres TDL 5/26/1912 p.40 (il) ----- Capt. Taylor TDL 4/18/1920 p.B5 (Taylor purchases house from Mrs. W.P. Reynolds)
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SPANAWAY LOOP RD, SPANAWAY

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Anton & Marie Huth / "Huthyme" C.A. Darmer, arch. E. Goettling, contr. TDL 5/26/1912 p.40 (il) TDN 9/5/1916 (obituary of Anton Huth) TDL 6/27/1926 p.D3 (il of garden) TDL 6/10/1928 p.D1 (il) TNT 2/3/1955 p.1 (obituary of Marie Huth) TNT 2/14/1955 p.3 Huthyme left to PLC (Pacific Lutheran University) in Huth will 720.979 D25R p.22
Year Built: 1912
Decade Built: 1910s

SOUTHHEAD AVE, KEY PENINSULA

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SEHMEL DR NW, GIG HARBOR

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Approximate address. Charles J. Donahue Winslow Wedin, arch. -Swede Hill area TNT 8/2/1970 p.D8 Plastic house being built in Gig Harbor area (il)
Year Built: 1976
Decade Built: 1970s

S HERRON RD, KEY PENINSULA

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Built circa 1945 Phil Arneson TNT 4/5/1953 p.B10 Arnesons at Lakebay created own success (il)
Year Built: 1945
Decade Built: 1940s

PRENTICE AVE NW, GIG HARBOR

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St. John's Episcopal Church 283 M813M p.51 (mention) 979.778 AL72A p.53 (il)
Year Built: 1951
Decade Built: 1950s

PACIFIC HWY E, FIFE

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Bali-Hi Restaurant TNT 8/7/1951 Nan Kay opens new highway restaurant (il)
Year Built: 1951
Decade Built: 1950s
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MONTA VISTA DR E, SUMNER

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Dr. W.B. Mitchell Hill, Mock & Morrison, arch. E.G. Walker, contr. -stucco and tile TDL 9/1/1929 p.D8 New Sumner homes are English types
Year Built: 1929
Decade Built: 1920s
Style: English cottage

MCNAUGHT ST, ROY

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Nelson Murray Store/ Roy General Store -built in 1890 to replace first store bldg., built in 1887, which was destroyed by fire -bldg. enlarged in 1905 by constructing a new bldg. over the existing structure -store remained in the Murray Family until 1978 -bldg. also served as the Roy Post Office TNT 12/21/1942 p.20 Death claims Nelson Murray TNT 9/1/1974 Gifts roll back Roy's lively past TNT 4/13/1978 New owners take over Roy "institution" TNT 7/1/1984 Compass: Letters from Roy (il) 979.7 B64 Vol.III p.424 979.778 B12R p.51,53 (il c.1900) ----- Old General Store Steakhouse & Saloon TNT 9/20/1995 p.B1 Restoring life to landmark; restaurant-saloon opens ... (il) TNT 8/30/1996 p.SL8 Tighter menu would improve Roy's only restaurant Ranger 5/8/2003 Behind the rhinestones
Year Built: 1890
Decade Built: 1890s

MCNAUGHT ST, ROY

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Roy State Bank TDL 11/4/1924 Roy bank bandits escape with $4,000 TDL 4/3/1928 p.1 State Bank at Roy held up (interior il) TDL 3/25/1932 Bank, 2 stores gutted (il of fire)
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MASHELL AVE, EATONVILLE

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Eatonville Theater TDL 5/16/1926 p.A13 Near panic averted at night fire; crowded theater is emptied when flames break out nearby ----- Little Chapel of the Church by the Side of the Road 979.778 H628H Vol.I p.75 (church purchases former theater bldg. from Angelo Pecchia in Sept. 1944) Vol.II p.77 (il) ----- -print at TPL
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MASHELL AVE, EATONVILLE

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Larry Smith TDL 6/25/1922 p.E8 Much building in Eatonville
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MASHELL AVE, EATONVILLE

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E.A. Williams TDL 6/25/1922 p.E8 Much building in Eatonville
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MASHEL PRAIRIE RD E, EATONVILLE

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Indian Shaker Church -building later used as a barn by the Hasenblag Family TNT 7/17/1960 p.A14 Resting place of pioneers and Indians get care through efforts of Eatonville folk (il)
Year Built: 1912
Decade Built: 1910s

LACKEY RD, KEY PENINSULA

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Gideon Miter Davidson Farm / Joe & Peggy Dervaes -setttled by Davidson c.1889 -a Washington State Centennial Farm -Vaughn area Key Peninsula News 3/27/1989 p.8 One hundred years on Lackey Road GTWY 4/26/1989 p.B1 Historic homesteads (il) GTWY 8/16/1989 Historical homestead receives tribute 630 W279WA p.45
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KOPACHUCK DR NW, GIG HARBOR

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Robert Lemman -8,300 square ft., 3.4 acres -Horsehead Bay area TNT 8/31/1991 p.B12 Another Pierce home tops $1 million barrier (Lemman purchases house from Terri Emge)
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KOPACHUCK DR NW, GIG HARBOR

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Robert Lemman -8,300 square ft., 3.4 acres -Horsehead Bay area TNT 8/31/1991 p.B12 Another Pierce home tops $1 million barrier (Lemman purchases house from Terri Emge)
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KOPACHUCK DR NW, GIG HARBOR

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Robert Lemman -8,300 square ft., 3.4 acres -Horsehead Bay area TNT 8/31/1991 p.B12 Another Pierce home tops $1 million barrier (Lemman purchases house from Terri Emge)
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KINSMAN RD, ROY

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Evans-Atkinson Observatory Tacoma Amateur Astronomers, builder -named in honor of two longtime members of the Tacoma Amateur Astronomers -24 inch Newtonian reflecting telescope TNT 9/5/1965 p.A6 Tacoma star-gazers are very busy ... largest amateur observatory in state is planned (il under construction) TNT 3/12/1967 p.C21 New building planned for observatory (Siefert, Forbes & Berry, arch.) TNT 3/19/1967 p.B11 Observatory has new space in sight (addition by Seifert, Forbes & Berry, arch.) (sketch)
Year Built: 1965
Decade Built: 1960s

KETRON ISLAND, KEY PENINSULA

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Mrs. Bertl Werny Ben Lee Wilson / Harris, Reed & Wilson, arch. Rushforth Construction Co., contr. TNT 1/19/1964 p.B8 Home high on Ketron Island bluff wins award of merit from FHA (il,interior il, floor plan) TNT 10/18/1964 p.B9 Mrs. Werny's guests plan to "drop" in TNT 10/20/1964 p.31 Ketron Island invaded from air, sea by FHA TNT 1/31/1965 p.A15 Architects' choice ... (il)
Year Built: 1963
Decade Built: 1960s
Style: contemporary

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