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    Frederick Heath
    6 Tacoma schools move closer to historic landmark status
    6 Tacoma schools move closer to historic landmark...
    By Todd Matthews • September 22, 2010 12:00 am

    The City of Tacoma’s Landmarks Preservation is scheduled today to review a multiple-listing nomination to place six schools on the…

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    (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Landmark status for 1919 Edgecliff Apartment Building
    By Todd Matthews • August 19, 2010 12:00 am

    Tacoma City Council Tuesday unanimously voted in favor of a resolution to place the Edgecliff Apartments on the city’s historic…

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    (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Tacoma City Council to vote on Edgecliff historic...
    By Todd Matthews • August 16, 2010 12:00 am

    Tacoma City Council is scheduled Aug. 17 to vote on a resolution that would designate the Edgecliff Apartments a local…

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    (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Public hearing for Edgecliff Building landmark nomination
    By Todd Matthews • July 28, 2010 12:00 am

    The City of Tacoma’s Landmarks Preservation Commission will hold a public hearing today regarding the nomination of the Edgecliff Apartment…

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    6 Tacoma schools headed for historic register
    6 Tacoma schools headed for historic register
    By Todd Matthews • July 26, 2010 12:00 am

    The Tacoma School Board voted unanimously July 22 to add six of its schools to Tacoma’s register of historic places….

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    Oakland Alternative High School in Tacoma's South End was built in 1912 by architects Frederick Heath and George Gove. It is one of more than two-dozen pre-1960s school buildings owned by Tacoma Public Schools that could be eligible for the City of Tacoma's register of historic places. (PHOTO COURTESY SHARON WINTERS / HISTORIC TACOMA)
    Tacoma's historic schools inventory nears completion
    April 23, 2010 12:00 am

    Historic Tacoma announced Thursday its “Preserving Tacoma’s Historic Schools” project, a collaboration between Historic Tacoma and Tacoma Public Schools, is…

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    "If we are to save historic buildings, it's going to take energy and people who care," says Tacoma Historical Society (THS) volunteer Heather Straub (right). Straub and THS Director Mary Bowlby have opened an exhibit about downtown Tacoma's notable historic buildings. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Building History: THS exhibit celebrates downtown Tacoma's architectural...
    By Todd Matthews • July 16, 2009 12:00 am

    Local history buffs will tell you that downtown Tacoma’s oldest buildings are more than bricks and mortar. Some carry the…

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    (IMAGE COURTY CITY OF TACOMA / BOE ARCHITECTS)
    Improvements planned for downtown historic Bowes Building
    By Todd Matthews • February 3, 2009 12:00 am

    The owner of the century-old Bowes Building in downtown Tacoma plans to enhance the building’s entrance by adding a striped…

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    (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    2008 Stories & Pictures — Landmark Nominations
    By Todd Matthews • December 26, 2008 12:00 am

    The Tacoma Daily Index continues its look back at some of the significant people, stories, and photographs featured in these…

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    (PHOTO COURTESY SHARON WINTERS)
    Survey could help preserve Tacoma's oldest public schools
    By Todd Matthews • October 28, 2008 12:00 am

    Tacoma Public Schools is expected next month to issue a request for proposal seeking qualified architectural historians and preservationists to…

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    The 1914 Ansonia Building could be added to the city's register of historic places on Sept. 30. A recommendation to add the five-story building, located at 215 North Tacoma Avenue and within the National Historic Register's Stadium Seminary Historic District, was approved by the city's landmarks preservation commission last week. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Historic landmark designation expected for 1914 Ansonia
    By Todd Matthews • September 17, 2008 12:00 am

    Tacoma City Council is expected to vote Sept. 30 on whether to add the 1914 Ansonia Building to the city’s…

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    The Knights of Pythias Temple in downtown Tacoma. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Local grants will help restore Knights of Pythias...
    June 25, 2007 12:00 am

    Historic Tacoma, a preservation advocacy organization, has received two grants to begin restoration of the Knights of Pythias Hall, located…

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