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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2014
Vol. CXXIII, No. 201
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY OF TACOMA Devoted to the Courts, Real Estate, Finance, Industrial Activities, and Publication of Legal Notices
Published Published Since Since 1890 1890
3 Historic Schools
Final votes ahead for Tacoma landmark nominations Posted online Weds., Oct. 15 Article and Photos By Todd Matthews, Editor Three local public school buildings could become local landmarks by the end of this month. 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 Hoyt Elementary School, and the Ansonia School, located at Building. Last year, Historic 2708 N. Union St., Tacoma, a non-profit orgais one of three pubnization that advocates for lic school buildings the protection and preserrecently nominated to vation of the city's historic the City of Tacoma's buildings and architectural Register of Historic heritage, placed the McKinley Hill Elementary School Places. The mid-cenbuilding on its Watch List tury modern building was constructed in of endangered properties. 1957 and designed Oakland Elementary by Tacoma architect School, located at 3319 S. Robert Billsbrough Adams St., was built in 1912 Price, who also deand designed by Heath and signed Tacoma Fire his business partner George Station No. 17, the Gove. Tacoma Bicentennial Finally, Hoyt Elementary School, located at 2708 N. Pavilion, and Sky Terrace Apartments. Union St., was built in 1957 and designed by Tacoma architect 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 was 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 Preservation Commission member Kathryn Longwell; and Tacoma City Councilmember Ryan Mello. Six years ago, Historic Tacoma partnered with Tacoma Public Schools on a project to CONTINUED identify and document the many ON PAGE 2
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