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Item
Title
TPL-1034
Date(s)
- 1890 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
(1919-1980)
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ca. 1890. Built in a modified Queen Anne style, the Annie Wright Seminary took its name from the daughter of Northern Pacific Railway president Charles B. Wright who came to Tacoma in the 1880's. The school was designed by Boone & Meeker, architects, and built by F.W. Lewis in 1883. It opened in September, 1884, with 94 girls as students. Annie Wright Seminary moved to new quarters at 827 Tacoma Avenue No. in 1924; the stately old school with its sharp gables and turrets was then demolished. Only the gymnasium and a remaining building remained to be leased to the Tacoma Drama League in 1925. G10.1-091
Private schools--Tacoma; Annie Wright Seminary (Tacoma)--1880-1890;