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FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 2014
Vol. CXXIII, No. 163
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY OF TACOMA Devoted to the Courts, Real Estate, Finance, Industrial Activities, and Publication of Legal Notices
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Landmarks Commission OKs historic nomination Article By Todd Matthews, Editor Images Courtesy City of Tacoma Landmarks Preservation Commission Tacoma's Landmarks Preservation Commission has approved a nomination to add three local public school buildings to the City of Tacoma's Register of Historic Places. McKinley Hill Elementary School, located at 3720 McKinley Ave., was built in 1908 and designed by architect Frederick Heath, who also designed the Pythian Temple, Stadium High School, and the Ansonia Building. Last year, Historic Hoyt Elementary Tacoma, a non-profit orgaSchool, located at nization that advocates for 2708 N. Union St., the protection and preseris one of three pubvation of the city's historic lic school buildings buildings and architectural recently nominated to heritage, placed the McKinthe City of Tacoma's ley Hill Elementary School Register of Historic building on its Watch List Places. The mid-cenof endangered properties. tury modern building Oakland Elementary was constructed in School, located at 3319 S. 1957 and designed Adams St., was built in 1912 by Tacoma architect and designed by Heath and Robert Billsbrough his business partner George Price, who also deGove. signed Tacoma Fire Finally, Hoyt Elementary Station No. 17, the School, located at 2708 N. Tacoma Bicentennial Union St., was built in 1957 Pavilion, and Sky Terand designed by Tacoma arrace Apartments. chitect Robert Billsbrough Price, who also designed Tacoma Fire Station No. 17, the Tacoma Bicentennial Pavilion, and Sky Terrace Apartments. The joint nomination for the three school buildings were prepared by preservation advocate Marshall McClintock on behalf of Historic Tacoma. The City of Tacoma's Historic Preservation Office has received letters of support from Documentation and Conservation of the Modern Movement, Western Washington, or "Docomomo WEWA," a Seattle-based non-profit organization focusing on the preservation of mid-century modern architecture in the Pacific Northwest; Tacoma architect and former City of Tacoma Landmarks Preservation Commissioner Jeffrey J. Ryan; North Slope Historic District Co-Chair and former City of Tacoma Landmarks CONTINUED Preservation Commission member ON PAGE 2 Kathryn Longwell; and Tacoma
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