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For Lakewood, DeKoven is more than a street and business name

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By Tim Marsh, Lakes High Class of 1966

Lakewood has DeKoven Drive and DeKoven Cleaners, but the DeKoven name has an interesting history.

Learn about it through five advertisements and a story posted here:

Sept 11, 1903, TNT/Tacoma News Tribune – THE DeKOVEN SCHOOL FOR BOYS NEAR AMERICAN LAKE

Sept 1, 1904, Oregonian, Portland – DeKOVEN HALL
Aug. 7, 1914, Tacoma Daily Ledger – DeKOVEN: A HOME SCHOOL FOR FORTY BOYS
Aug 24, 1916, TNT/Tacoma News Tribune – DeKOVEN SCHOOL FOR BOYS
Sept 19, 1975, TNT/Tacoma News Tribune –OLD SCHOOL NOW APARTMENT HOUSE

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  3. Tim Marsh,

    Thank you. I resided in Lakewood before and after cityhood for over half a century and never knew the DeKoven story.

    I appreciate your effort to inform us by sharing what you know about Lakewood’s history.

    Joseph Boyle – A guy who thought he knew everything until he read Tim Marsh’s article.