New Eatonville School – 1915
1916 High school. Landscaping is underway.
On July 4, 1915, construction started on the new Eatonville High School and it was dedicated in 1916.
This school would turn out be second to none. Articles were written about it and the town was extremely proud. Below are just a few pictures of the school that was said to be 25 years ahead of its time.
The History of Tacoma Eastern Area says that, in 1914, while B.W. Lyon was superintendent of the Eatonville schools, the county superintendent, L.L. Benbow, added sections of timberlands to the Eatonville School District to provide additional tax revenues to build quality schools in eastern Pierce County. In 1914, the Eatonville School Board consisted of N.P. Christensen, Chairman and R.M. Engle and O. Johnson.
High School Cafeteria, 1916
Photos courtesy of the Haynes family.
Click on images to enlarge.
State of the art gym in 1916
5th Grade Boys using the gym in ca. 1916
Front of the brand new ca. 1916 gym
Eatonville's high school science class in 1916
Shop class at Eatonville in 1916
Eatonville was one of the rare schools to have a pool in 1916
hi people i like this website
Thanks!
I see they are wearing swimming suits, we had to skinny dip when I was in school!
So, I’m guessing you didn’t have co-ed gym. 🙂
Well Di, My memory is not as good as it used to be, but I don’t think so.
[…] BW Lyon, was a former superintendent of the school and had a tremendous impact (more later on that.) […]