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|   Stadium High School - Tacoma, Washington
in American Guide Series Stadium High School, originally built as a luxury hotel by the Northern Pacific Railroad, was converted to a high school in 1906 after it was gutted by a fire. posted by:  Hikenutty location: Washington date listed: 5/6/2007 last visited: 9/5/2009 |
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| Washington State Historical Society - Tacoma, WA in American Guide Series The State Hisorical Society's building was built for $25,000 in 1909. It is designed in the classical style and is located in the Stadium-Seminary National Historic district. posted by: Hikenutty location: Washington date listed: 3/6/2008 last visited: 8/16/2008 |
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| Wright Park and Seymour Conservatory - Tacoma, Washington in American Guide Series Wright Park was established in the late part of the 19th Century with a land donation by Charles B. Wright for the sole purpose of being developed as a public park.
posted by: Hikenutty location: Washington date listed: 5/5/2007 last visited: 6/4/2009 |
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| City Hall (Old City Hall) - Tacoma, Washington in American Guide Series Constructed in 1893, the Old City Hall of Tacoma showcases the Italian Renaissance style of Architecture. The building has now been renovated and turned into condominiums.
posted by: Hikenutty location: Washington date listed: 5/5/2007 last visited: 9/5/2009 |
 view gallerySE0.8 mi | The Tacoma Theatre Building (Pantages Theatre) - Tacoma, Washington in American Guide Series The building spoken of in the guide book is actually the Pantages Theatre, built in 1918. Originally a Vaudeville Theater, and later the RKO Orpheum and the Roxy, the Pantages is now one of three theaters in the Broadway Theatre district. posted by: Hikenutty location: Washington date listed: 5/5/2007 last visited: 5/5/2007 |
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| Saint Patrick's Church - Tacoma, WA in American Guide Series The Church of St. Patrick was built in 1906 and can be found on the edge of the North Slope Historic District of Tacoma, Washington.
posted by: Hikenutty location: Washington date listed: 1/7/2008 last visited: 1/7/2008 |
 view gallerySE0.9 mi | Totem Pole - Tacoma, Washington in American Guide Series This totem pole came to be thanks to an ongoing rivalry between the cities of Seattle and Tacoma. Seattle had the "world's largest totem pole" and so not to be outdone, Tacoma citizens hired Alaskan natives to come to Tacoma and build a bigger one. posted by: Hikenutty location: Washington date listed: 5/3/2007 last visited: 5/3/2007 |
 view galleryS1 mi | The Tacoma Public Library - Tacoma, Washington in American Guide Series This is the main branch of the Tacoma Public Library System. It was built in 1903 and was the first Carnegie Library in Washington State.
posted by: Hikenutty location: Washington date listed: 5/5/2007 last visited: 5/6/2007 |
 view galleryNW1.1 mi | Job Carr's Cabin - Tacoma, WA in American Guide Series The cabin, previously located at Point Defiance Park, now has a home at the Old Town Park as the Job Carr Cabin Museum. posted by: Hikenutty location: Washington date listed: 12/25/2007 last visited: 3/19/2008 |
 view gallerySE2.9 mi | Puyallup Tribal Cemetery - Tacoma, WA in American Guide Series The Puyallup tribe's cemetery is located next to the Presbyterian Indian Mission and surrounded by high stone walls. The reservation was formed in 1854 with the signing of the Medicine Creek Treaty and the cemetery was formed soon after. posted by: Hikenutty location: Washington date listed: 1/5/2008 last visited: 8/27/2008 |
 view galleryNW3.6 mi | The Tacoma Smelter (ASARCO Smelter) - Tacoma, Washington in American Guide Series The ASARCO smelter property covers about 67 acres along Commencement Bay. From 1890 to 1985, ASARCO deposited an estimated 15 million tons of slag on the property and in the Bay. It is one of the major Superfund sites on Puget Sound. posted by: Hikenutty location: Washington date listed: 5/6/2007 last visited: 5/7/2007 |
 view galleryNW4.2 mi | Point Defiance Park - Tacoma, WA in American Guide Series Point Defiance Park was developed as a city park starting in 1888 and is comprised of 640 acres of the Tacoma Peninsula. The park has several feature gardens, zoo and aquarium, a boathouse and beach, a scenic drive, and even two history museums. posted by: Hikenutty location: Washington date listed: 4/15/2008 last visited: 8/1/2009 |
 view galleryNW4.8 mi | Fort Nisqually - Tacoma, WA in American Guide Series At Fort Nisqually, scheduled reenactments of what life in a trading fort was like take place on a regular basis. Reenactments are staged by volunteers and include things like blacksmithing, weaving, etc., as well as foods that would be typical. posted by: Hikenutty location: Washington date listed: 1/7/2008 last visited: 1/7/2008 |
 view galleryW4.9 mi | The "New Tacoma Narrows Bridge" - Tacoma, WA in American Guide Series The "new" bridge that they are talking about was a replacement for the famous galloping Gertie, which collapsed in 1940. In July of 2007 a second bridge was opened to better traffic flow across the Narrows. posted by: Hikenutty location: Washington date listed: 10/2/2007 last visited: 9/28/2008 |
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| Western State Hospital/Fort Steilacoom - Steilacoom, WA in American Guide Series Western State Hospital still operates from this location, the site of Fort Steilacoom, built in 1849 and use for military purposes through 1868. The Washington Territory received the property and in 1871 turned it into a mental hospital. posted by: Hikenutty location: Washington date listed: 9/19/2007 last visited: 10/3/2007 |
 view gallerySE9 mi | City of Puyallup - Washington in American Guide Series Puyallup is a city of 33,000 people located 5 miles east of Tacoma. It is known for its valley full of fruit and bulb farms. posted by: Hikenutty location: Washington date listed: 5/20/2007 last visited: 5/20/2007 |
 view gallerySE9 mi | Pioneer Park - Puyallup, Washington in American Guide Series Pioneer Park was a gift to the city of Puyallup by its founding father, Ezra Meeker. It is now home to the Farmer's Market, the Puyallup Library, and a large variety of sculpture. posted by: Hikenutty location: Washington date listed: 5/20/2007 last visited: 2/2/2009 |
 view gallerySE9 mi | Meeker Mansion - Puyallup, Washington in American Guide Series Meeker Mansion was one of the homes of Ezra and Eliza Meeker, who founded the city of Puyallup. It has now been turned into a museum. posted by: Hikenutty location: Washington date listed: 5/20/2007 last visited: 5/20/2007 |
 view gallerySE9.2 mi | Western Washington Fair Grounds - Puyallup, Washington in American Guide Series The Western Washington Fair, started in the late 1800's as a livestock show, is now the largest agricultural fair in the state. posted by: Hikenutty location: Washington date listed: 5/20/2007 last visited: 2/2/2009 |
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| Saltwater State Park - Des Moines, WA in American Guide Series Saltwater State Park was created in 1926 and is located on the Puget Sound exactly halfway between Seattle and Tacoma. Most of the structures in the park were built in the 1930's by the CCC. posted by: Hikenutty location: Washington date listed: 12/27/2007 last visited: 12/28/2007 |
 view galleryNE10.3 mi | Masonic Home - Des Moines, WA in American Guide Series Built in 1926 the Masonic Home in Des Moines is now called "Landmark On The Sound", but it is still owned by the Masonics of Washington state. posted by: Hikenutty location: Washington date listed: 12/27/2007 last visited: 12/28/2007 |
 view gallerySW13.1 mi | Fort Lewis - Lakewood, Washington in American Guide Series The Fort Lewis arch was built by the citizens of Pierce County when they made a gift of the fort property to the United States Army at the beginning of WWI. posted by: Hikenutty location: Washington date listed: 12/27/2007 last visited: 5/9/1984 |
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| Boeing Airplane Plant - Seattle, Washington in American Guide Series Building No. 105, more commonly known as "The Red Barn" was the original manufacturing plant of the Boeing Airplane Company. It was moved to its current location in 1975 and is now an exhibit at the Boeing Museum of Flight. posted by: Hikenutty location: Washington date listed: 5/3/2007 last visited: 8/19/2009 |
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| Green River Gorge - Black Diamond, Washington in American Guide Series The Green River Gorge is a beautiful, deep canyon, found between Black Diamond and Enumclaw. Although you can no longer access the trail down to the bottom (as far as we could know,) the view from the bridge is amazing. posted by: Hikenutty location: Washington date listed: 2/26/2008 last visited: 4/24/2009 |
 view galleryN24.2 mi | Seattle Public Library - Seattle, WA in American Guide Series Seattle Public Library has built three libraries in this spot. The guide refers to the first, a Carnegie building. This is the most recent, a deconstructivist building by renowned architect, Rem Koolhaas. posted by: Hikenutty location: Washington date listed: 6/7/2008 last visited: 8/18/2009 |
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