Visitation Villa Sisters of the Visitation, builder -construction of the Catholic girls' school was started in 1921 on the former Charles Richardson estate "Richmore" -school opened in 1923 and closed in 1954 -Villa Plaza Shopping Center opened on the site in 1957 -plans for a proposed Visitation Academy School by Kirtland Cutter, arch. (designed in 1919) are on file at the Eastern Washington State Historical Society, Spokane -107 acre site SEE ALSO: TPL Catalog/Clipping File
TDL 7/7/1918 p.B4 Richmore sold by Richardson for school use
TDL 6/28/1925 p.D6 Catholic women of state gather for annual retreat ... (il)
TDL 4/12/1927 Rotogravure Sec. p.6 (il)
TDL 12/9/1934 p.B10 New gym at Visitation Villa
TNT 8/19/1939 ... is modern girls' school Catholic Northwest Progress 4/11/1941 (il)
TNT 8/19/1951 p.A8 Plan festival at Visitation (60th anniversary) (il)
TNT 9/9/1955 p.A5 Landmark in Lakewood to be given up (il)
TNT 9/14/1955 p.A7 For sale
TNT 9/29/1955 Plan million dollar center at Visitation Catholic NW Progress 5/10/2001 p.15 Recalling a peaceful setting 979.778 D921L p.107-109 (il) 979.778 H628H Vol. III p.4 (aerial il) 979.778 M364T p.155 (il)
DeKoven School -founded by D.S. Pulford -named in honor of James DeKoven, warden of the college D.S. Pulford attended at Racine, Wisconsin TDN 7/30/1892 p.8 A new school
TDL 7/31/1892 p.5 A new private school
TDL 1/9/1912 Suppl. (ad,il)
TDL 2/19/1913 (il)
TDL 7/16/1916 p.20 Unique school for boys at Lake Steilacoom (il of school and gymnasium) 979.778 D921L p.32 (il) ----- DeKoven Inn
TDL 7/12/1919 p.7 Popular resort (il)
TDL 3/16/1924 p.B5 DeKoven Inn to reopen Sunday; hostelry on Steilacoom Lake remodeled at cost of $5,000 p.B6 (ad,il)
TDL 5/25/1924 p.G6 (il)
TNT 7/10/1924 DeKoven Inn is well located (il)
TDL 5/24/1925 p.G7 (ad,il)
TDL 8/3/1925 p.1 Fire razes Lake Steilacoom hotel
TDL 8/16/1925 p.G6,G7 Plan to rebuild big lake resort (il) ----- Lakewood Community Players
TNT 7/17/1941 p.10 Home of Players (il) ----- DeKoven Hall
2 images. Fairweather Garage / National Service Station A.M. Fairweather, builder C. Alvin Hansen, arch. & contr. -one story concrete -Guarantee Auto Repair located in rear of bdlg.
TDL 10/28/1923 p.E8 New garage for Puyallup Avenue
TDL 11/18/1923 p.E8 (mention)
TDL 2/3/1924 p.B5 Drive-in service station completed
TDL 2/10/1924 p.G10 (il) ----- Dayton's Super Service 307.76 Un3T p.97 (mention) ----- Erickson Tire Co.
5 images. Buckley-King Funeral Church Hill & Mock, arch. Steiro & Hansen, contr. -Far West Clay Co. brick with Wilkeson sandstone trim -built of all Tacoma materials -oak bark finish walls -fourth century Byzantine plan of ceiling support -blue and gold private service room in Georgian period design (a scale replica of the Gold Room at the White House) -"funeral church, one of two in the United States" "only funeral church west of the Hudson River" (
TDL 8/7/1927) -construction started 1/24/1927 -open house 8/11/1927 -dedicated 8/14/1927 -officially opened 8/15/1927 -Buckley King Mortuary merged with the Gaffney, Cassedy & Allen Funeral Home in January 1987 -plans at TPL
TDL 10/3/1926 p.A13 Architectural firm is having much activity (mention)
TDL 1/23/1927 p.A7 Funeral church to be elaborate (sketch)
TDL 8/7/1927 p.A7 Tacoma funeral church complete p.D5 Semper Paratus (full page ad) (il)
TNT 11/30/1927 p.6 Complete survey of city's building; highest honor award (architectural award) Architect & Eng. Mar. 1928 p.57 T.Times 1/13/1937 p.7 Tacoma funeral church sustains reputation for architectural masterpiece
TDL 3/28/1937 p.C6 Funeral church becomes model of U.S. (ad,sketch)
TDL 5/23/1937 p.A9 Buckley-King adds Buick (il) T.Times 3/10/1942 p.10 W.B. Buckley, prominent retired undertaker, dies 979.7 B64 Vol. III p.667,714 979.778 H628H Vol.I p.438 ----- First Presbyterian Church Annex -dedicated 2/22/1987
TNT 2/7/1987 p.A6 Lively activity planned in these "slumber rooms"; church brings life into funeral home (il)