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- 3 images. First Evangelical Lutheran Church Heath, Gove & Bell, arch. Edward Young, contr. -tapestry brick with Tenino stone trim -oak interior -construction started in late 1925, basement unit completed in early 1927, church completed in early 1929 -cornerstone laid 7/18/1926 -dedicated 2/17/1929 -ground breaking for addition 8/12/1956 -addition dedicated 10/20/1957 (Lea, Pearson & Richards, arch. and Kirkebo & Sons, Inc., contr.) -plans at TPL
- TDL 6/23/1925 p.1 New church will rise ... (hard copy only)
- TDL 11/1/1925 p.A2 Lutherans will begin new church
- TNT 4/16/1926 To adopt final plans for new church (sketch)
- TDL 7/19/1926 (mention)
- TDL 1/23/1927 p.A3 Lutheran church to be dedicated (basement unit completed)
- TDL 2/12/1927 p.1 Formal opening held at church
- TDL 3/13/1927 p.B6 Lutheran church features Gothic design (il)
- TDL 10/14/1928 p.E10 Church, vestry unit progress
- TDL 2/14/1929 p.1 ... to be dedicated (il)
- TNT 2/16/1929 ... to be dedicated Sunday (il,interior il)
- TDL 2/17/1929 p.A3 First Lutheran dedication today
- TDL 2/18/1929 p.1 Dedicate new local church
- TNT 2/18/1929 Church building is consecrated; more than 1,200 at dedication service Sunday T.Times 5/18/1929 Lutheran church aid to citizenship (il) T.Times 12/31/1929 (il)
- TDL 11/7/1931 p.5 Services will dedicate organ
- TDL 2/25/1932 p.1 Church bell will not ring tonight (hard copy only)
- TNT 10/18/1932 Half century of growth! (il)
- TDL 6/27/1933 p.C5 (il) T.Times 11/12/1937 (il of choir)
- TNT 6/4/1938 p.6 (il)
- TNT 10/17/1942 p.11 Sixty years of progress (il) (hard copy only) T.Times 10/17/1942 Special services to mark Lutheran sixtieth birthday (il)
- TNT 1/26/1946 p.4 1st Lutheran burning old mortgage
- TNT 4/15/1950 p.7 Gifts to church are dedicated
- TNT 8/13/1956 p.12 Break ground for new church building (education bldg.) (il)
- TNT 2/20/1957 p.B1 Law provides park- church property deal
- TNT 3/3/1957 p.C19 Lutheran educational building (Lea, Pearson & Richards, arch.) (il under construction)
- TNT 10/19/1957 p.5 ... to mark 75th year (interior il of new educational bldg. by G. Kirkebo & Son, contr.)
- TNT 10/20/1957 p.7 Rites held for building (interior il)
- TNT 8/17/1960 p.B2 Coating will protect church (hot process vinyl plastic)
- TNT 10/14/1972 ... organized 90 years ago (il)
- TNT 7/18/1976 First Lutheran, a church for Tacoma Swedes (il)
- TNT 3/15/1981 Your Puget Sound (sketch)
- TNT 4/16/2006 p.A1 Development threatens Tacoma's grand old churches (il)
- TNT 4/23/2006 Insight p.4 Maintaining Tacoma's landmark churches takes money (il)
- TNT 9/17/2008 p.B1 Nothin' but blue skies do I see (il of roof repairs) 270 T279T p.11 284.1 F519FI (il) 284.1 F519I 979.778 H628H Vol. III p.37 (il) 979.7788 M175TA p.65 (il)
- Year Built: 1927
- Decade Built: 1920s
- Style: Gothic