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superintendent of the short-lived company which closed by 1893. by closed which company short-lived the of superintendent

Listed on the LLR. the on Listed Lakeview, the new Pittsburgh of the west. Judge Wilson was the the was Wilson Judge west. the of Pittsburgh new the Lakeview,

would immediately recognize it as their own. It is a strong example of an intact historic structure. structure. historic intact an of example strong a is It own. their as it recognize immediately would built a plant in the vicinity hoping to make the area, known as as known area, the make to hoping vicinity the in plant a built

doors, siding, chimney, even light fixtures. If the 1914 owners were to pass this house today they they today house this pass to were owners 1914 the If fixtures. light even chimney, siding, doors, was built ca. 1885, the same year the Western Steel Company Company Steel Western the year same the 1885, ca. built was

Built in 1914, this vernacular two-story residence remains intact with original form, windows, windows, form, original with intact remains residence two-story vernacular this 1914, in Built The Judge Wilson House, a Gothic Revival two-story structure, structure, two-story Revival Gothic a House, Wilson Judge The

Cole/Smith House, 1914 1914 House, Cole/Smith (Private Residence) (Private

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Frye, and at the University of Washington. This intact craftsman house is on the LLR. the on is house craftsman intact This Washington. of University the at and Frye,

the NR and WHR. and NR the

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was an artist featured in the Tacoma News Tribune from 1962-1978 and exhibited in Handforth, Handforth, in exhibited and 1962-1978 from Tribune News Tacoma the in featured artist an was of the few clubs of its type in the western United States. It is based on English hunting traditions. Listed on on Listed traditions. hunting English on based is It States. United western the in type its of clubs few the of

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a summer home until 1932 when artist Milda Hopkins and her husband James acquired it. Milda Milda it. acquired James husband her and Hopkins Milda artist when 1932 until home summer a edge of the 70,000-acre Fort Lewis military reservation. It is the Pacific Northwest’s only hunt club and one one and club hunt only Northwest’s Pacific the is It reservation. military Lewis Fort 70,000-acre the of edge of the of

fortlewismuseum.com This lake side house was constructed by one of the contractors for Fort Lewis in 1917 and used as as used and 1917 in Lewis Fort for contractors the of one by constructed was house side lake This The Hunt Club was established in 1924 and the clubhouse and kennels have been in use since 1938 at the the at 1938 since use in been have kennels and clubhouse the and 1924 in established was Club Hunt The

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Hopkins House, 1917 1917 House, Hopkins (Private Residence) (Private

Woodbrook Hunt Club, 1938 Club, Hunt Woodbrook

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Tacoma Public Library Northwest Room Northwest Library Public Tacoma the surrounding property in 1890, the site deteriorated to the extent that today only 19 graves can be be can graves 19 only today that extent the to deteriorated site the 1890, in property surrounding the Donuts of House

www.lakewood-chamber.com a grist mill which served the early settlers) who selected the site for his burial. Once the state purchased purchased state the Once burial. his for site the selected who settlers) early the served which mill grist a

www.lakewoodhistorical.org and 1882. It is believed that about 100 pioneers are buried here, first person was Adam Byrd (who had had (who Byrd Adam was person first here, buried are pioneers 100 about that believed is It 1882. and

sweet spot for decades. for spot sweet www.historicfortsteilacoom.com This 1890 cemetery is one of the oldest cemeteries in the state and was actively used between 1853 1853 between used actively was and state the in cemeteries oldest the of one is cemetery 1890 This

This Googie style building has been a local landmark landmark local a been has building style Googie This

history and resources consult: resources and history Byrd Cemetery, 1853 Cemetery, Byrd

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Donuts and operated the business for over 50 years. years. 50 over for business the operated and Donuts For further information on area area on information further For

Old Settlers Cemetery Settlers Old property is listed on the LLR. the on listed is property In 1959 the Cheatham family opened the House of of House the opened family Cheatham the 1959 In

to prevent horses from kicking over the gravestones. This This gravestones. the over kicking from horses prevent to

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a Works Progress Administration era (1930s) fence erected erected fence (1930s) era Administration Progress Works a

modification to the property is the addition of residents and and residents of addition the is property the to modification

Tacoma Savings Bank. Boatman-Ainsworth House is listed on the NR, WHR and LLR. and WHR NR, the on listed is House Boatman-Ainsworth Bank. Savings Tacoma

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, WA , AKEWOOD L of the community that later became Lakewood. The only only The Lakewood. became later that community the of Thompson, a territorial legislator and founder of both Merchant’s National Bank of Tacoma and and Tacoma of Bank National Merchant’s both of founder and legislator territorial a Thompson,

is the final resting place for over 170 pioneering members members pioneering 170 over for place resting final the is Ainsworth, founder of the Oregon Steam Navigation Co. The house was also owned by Walter J. J. Walter by owned also was house The Co. Navigation Steam Oregon the of founder Ainsworth,

Driving Tour Driving It Clark. Lena and Frank by decedents their and pioneers for Fort Steilacoom, Willis Boatman, in 1858. It was expanded into a house in 1878 by Captain John John Captain by 1878 in house a into expanded was It 1858. in Boatman, Willis Steilacoom, Fort www.cityoflakewood.us www.cityoflakewood.us contact:

The property was designated in 1855 for use as a cemetery cemetery a as use for 1855 in designated was property The Originally the structure was built as hunting cabin for one of the men who helped construct construct helped who men the of one for cabin hunting as built was structure the Originally For further information please please information further For

Old Settlers Cemetery, 1855 Cemetery, Settlers Old

Boatman-Ainsworth House, 1858 1858 House, Boatman-Ainsworth (Private Residence) (Private Heritage Advisory Board 2013. Board Advisory Heritage

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HISTORICAL

Lodging Tax Grant. Tax Lodging LAKEWOOD POINTS OF INTEREST OF POINTS LAKEWOOD This project was funded with a Lakewood Lakewood a with funded was project This

TIMELINE of HISTORICAL EVENTS IN LAKEWOOD

The Hudson Bay Company Byrd Cemetery Boatman- Rhodesleigh brings a group of settlers Fort from the Red River Valley Ainsworth House in Canada. Fort Nisqually cannot supply the settlers Steilacoom with the supplies they were promised in Canada. Willis Boatman Rhodesleigh is completed, Park Most settlers leave. A few Washington becomes constructs a an English Tudor country stay and one builds a cabin a territory. hunting cabin. Washington Territory John Ainsworth adds on to estate for Henry A. Rhodes. Colonial Center is complete, where the Fort Steilacoom buys the Fort Steilacoom Boatman’s hunting cabin Villa Madera (Villa Carmen) one of the first planned buildings are today. All of The Puget Sound Byrd Cemetery is Chief Leschi is buildings from the Federal to make the Boatman- built on 18 acres of virgin Tacoma Speedway fails Mueller Harkins Hanger is suburban shopping centers Washington State leases the Red River settlers are area becomes established and used tried for murder Fort Steilacoom is Government, and they Ainsworth House look as it Thornewood (Castle) Cole/Smith house evergreen forest on the and becomes Mueller constructed to service the in Washington State Norton Clapp calls the farm to Pierce County gone after a couple of years. American Territory for pioneers until 1882. and hanged. decommissioned. become a mental hospital. does today. is constructed. is constructed. shores of American Lake. Harkins Airport. Tacoma Airport. including Lakewood Theater. Rhodesleigh home. to be used as a park.

1841 1844 1846 1849 1853 1855 1858 1861 1868 1869 1870 1874 1878 1889 1911 1912 1914 1917 1919 1920 1922 1924 1929 1932 1937 1938 1939 1946-53 1965 1996 2006

Joseph Heath moves into In May a group of Indian Wars begin. Fort The Civil War begins. The Federal Government The Federal Government Washington Tacoma Speedway holds its Hopkins House is Tacoma Speedway and Woodbrook Hunt Club Custer School, also known Little Church on the Prairie Chauncey Griggs obtains Lakewood takes the abandoned Red River Snoqualmie Indians come Steilacoom offers haven Federal soldiers are called buys the Hudson Bay donates the former military becomes a state. first race on 5 mile, then 3 constructed as a summer Indianopolis are the is established. as the “Little Red School is created out of an old preliminary drawings over management Valley settler’s cabin. to Fort Nisqually to check to settlers threatened by back east. The fort is staffed Company assets in reservation to Washington ½ mile, then 2 mile tracks. retreat, typical of lakeside only two Class A tracks, House” is constructed. grocery store building. for a house by Frank of the Fort His expensive lifestyle in on a Chief’s daughter living Indian war parties. by volunteers. the Northwest. Territory for use as an John Flett builds a house. retreats on American Lake. Tacoma’s is the faster of Lloyd Wright. The house Steilacoom Park. England has forced his with a fort Indian. A gun “asylum for the insane and Flett Dairy is a business the two. Shortly after the Woodbrook Hunt Club is completed with the family to sell their estate to fight starts between the Old Settlers Cemetery is no other purpose.” who operated numerous grandstands burned and moves into its building assistance of young pay his debts. He comes to groups and an American, established for pioneers decades in Pierce County. re-built at $80,000. and kennels. architect Alan Liddle. Lakewood incorporates. the Puget Sound in hopes Leander Wallace, is killed. and their decendents. of sending money home. The United States Army Lakewold Gardens created He keeps a journal of his arrives in August and need by Eulalie Wagner. 4+ years of effort to carve shelter. They move into a farm from the wilderness. the Heath farm and build He dies in March 1849. Fort Steilacoom.

Old Settlers Lakewold Cemetery Gardens Tacoma Speedway Western State Hospital S TA RT H E R E ! For a brief driving tour of historic sites in Lakewood begin at Flag 1 and proceed following the flags HISTORICAL MAP to as many sites as you wish to visit. Please remember that some sites are private residences and DRIVING TOUR places of business. Points of interest are also provided for further exploration. 8 1 Byrd 6 Lakewood History Museum Cemetery 6211 Mt Tacoma Dr SW, Lakewood y a This local history museum is a wonderful springboard for the driving tour upon which you are about to embark. The museum w r te includes an illustrated timeline of local people, places and events that have shaped the community that has become Lakewood a W today. Explore the exhibits including a homestead cabin, post office, and many rotating and traveling displays that provide an often om eilaco changing opportunity to learn about Lakewood. Puget St 6 79TH STREET *Lakewood Historical Society website 2 Lakewood Theater, Colonial Center 7 6120 Motor Avenue SW, Lakewood 5 In 1937 Norton and his first wife Mary Davis Clapp developed Lakewood Center, one of the first shopping Sound 4 centers west of the Mississippi. This center included the Lakewood Theatre. The Colonial Revival architecture of this complex was echoed throughout the area with the cupolas and colonial style architecture found PHILLIPSSW RD on both large and small commercial structures and residences nearby the center. The development of

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Lakewood Center had the largest impact on the architectural style of Lakewood’s blossoming suburban BRIDGEPORT WAY W landscape and created the atmosphere of a traditional sense of place in the suburban landscape. *Draft LHAB Nomination for Lakewood Theater, Historylink.org, CinemaTreasures.org, Images of America: STEILACOOM BLVD SW Lakewood; Photo Draft Lakewood Heritage Register Nomination ARDMORE DR 3 STEILACOOM BLVD SW Little Church on the Prairie 6310 Motor Avenue SW, Lakewood This Church structure started out as a grocery store that was adaptively reused in 1938 to become WILLIAMS a community church. Since that time it has grown with the community and is still an active part of 3 AVE SW 2 1 the Lakewood community with the church and educational programs. *Tacoma Public Library NW Room, Images of America: Lakewood, Historylink.org; Photo: Tacoma Public Library NW Room Waughop Lake AY BRIDGEPORT WAY SW MOTOR W Ft. Steilacoom 4 MT 9601 Steilacoom Blvd SW, Lakewood TACOMA August 24, 1849 arrangements were made to rent 1 square mile of the Heath Farm (est late DR SW 1844) from the Puget Sound Agricultural Company for $50/month initially to house 23 men House of and a bugler for a U.S. Army post which grew to include several structures that sheltered white 2 Donuts settlers during Native uprisings. The post includes four buildings constructed in 1857 which stand St today near the parade grounds. The fort thrived until the Civil War when military focus shifted to eil the war on the East Coast. ac *Photo: HistoricFortSteilacoom.com oo Lake m 11 5 Western State Hospital Louise L LAKEWOOD Judge Wilson 9601 Steilacoom Blvd SW, Lakewood a k TOWNE CENTER House While the need for care of the “disturbed” was addressed and a program started, it was not until 8 LAKEVIEW AVE SW 1874 that an act of Congress approved donating the land of the former military reservation to the e Washington Territory for use as an “asylum for the insane and no other purpose.” *National Register of Historic Places Fort Steilacoom, Tacoma Public Library NW Room, FOREST LAKE RD SW 8TH ST

/Smith DR LAKE 10 Cole GREENDALE Historylink.org, Historic Fort Steilacoom.com House DR SW 6 Boatman-Ainsworth 112TH ST Marker for Chief Leschi 4 GRAVELLY House 8111 Steilacoom Blvd SW, Lakewood 1 Chief Leschi was tried for murder for his part in the “Indian Uprising” that took place in 1855. His first trial resulted in a hung jury. The second trial convicted him of murder. Many white settlers and DR STEILACOOM LAKE military men assisted in his defense. Military officials would not allow his execution on the military

Carp INTERLAAKEN DR SW reservation, so Leschi was taken from the fort and hanged in a grove of oak trees between the fort Lk. 12 and Byrd Mill near the head of Chambers Creek. N Old Settlers BRIDGEPORT WAY *National Register of Historic Places Fort Steilacoom, MOHAI, Historylink.org Photo MOHAI & Historylink.org 5 Cemetery EXIT 125 7 Custer School (Little Red School House) WASHINGTON BLVD SW Gravelly 7801 Steilacoom Blvd SW, Lakewood This rural school house, also known as the “Little Red School House” was constructed in 1932 and Lake placed on the National Register of Historic Places in the summer of 1987. *National Register of Historic Places Nomination Custer School (Tacoma), Images of America: Lakewood, HistoryLink. org, Tacoma Public Library NW Room; Photo: National Register Nomination for Custer School/Little Red School House W E VETERANS DRIVE NYANZA RD SW McCHORD AIRFORCE BASE 8 Original Flett House Location Marker (Bradley Block House 1855) 7718 Bridgeport Way W, Lakewood This house was originally constructed in 1889 for John Flett’s family, early pioneers in the west 3 settling in the Lakewood area. The original 1889 house was moved from its original location (marked Hopkins House here) to the current site located at 7704 Bridgeport Way. INTERLAAKEN DR SW *Washington Heritage Register Nomination Flett House, Tacoma Public Library NW Room Archives VETERANS’ S GRAVELLY LAKE HOSPITAL 9 Mueller Harkins Hangar EXIT 124 4500 Steilacoom Blvd SW, Building 5, Lakewood In 1922 R.A. Mueller & L.H. Harkins acquired the Tacoma Speedway and built an airport for Tacoma. The hangar was built in 1929 for $10,000 and used for Airport Admin, then pilot training in the 1930-1940s (Washington Air College) and was the site of many air shows. It was instrumental in training regional pilots and supporting the war efforts. The property was acquired by Clover Park Tech College in 1949. It is one of the few American Lake hangars of its era in the nation to remain intact in its original location. Park *Photo: Tacoma Public Library Image Archives Lk. 10 The Tacoma Speedway SILCOX 4500 Steilacoom Blvd SW, Building 3, Lakewood ISLAND In operation from 1912-1922 the Tacoma Speedway was the only Class A track other than Indianapolis, Tacoma’s was faster. It began as a 5 mile dirt track then shrunk to 3.5 mile course then down to a 2 mile oval course built of two-by-fours laid on edge with 18 foot high banks on the curves. The grandstand burned in 1920 and rebuilt for $80,000. The Tacoma Speedway Assoc failed in 1922 due to cost of grandstands and stolen gate receipts- the track was sold to become Muller-Harkens Airport. 150TH ST SW 11 *Images of America Lakewood; Photo: Tacoma Public Library NW Room Woodbrook Lakeview Train Station & Post Office THORNE LANE 7 108th St SW & Lakeview Ave SW, Lakewood EXIT 123 Hunt Club This site is the former location of the Lakeview Train Station and Post Office. The train station that, in November of 1885, a mob of Tacoma residents (including the Mayor and Council) forced the last 200 Chinese residents of Tacoma to walk 9 miles to, then board trains to Portland. Now it is in the vicinity of a thriving, predominantly Korean-American, business district. *Images of America: Lakewood, “Unhappy anniversary: Tacoma expelled Chinese 125 years ago” CAMP JOINT BASE LEWIS McCHORD MURRAY 12 Lakewold Gardens HISTORIC FORT LEWIS GATE 108th St SW & Lakeview Ave SW, Lakewood In 1908 this property was a 5-acre parcel developed for use as a summer home. In 1918 the owners acquired the neighboring 5-acres and used the property as a country retreat. In 1925 it was name Lakewold, meaning lake woods. In 1938 Sequalitchew Eulalie Wagner created the gardens that are a destination for residents and visitors. Lake Lakewold Gardens is listed on the WHR and LLR.