University Place

A community located just south and west of Tacoma, University Place has always been noted for its excellent school system—but where is the university? In the 1890s, long before University Place became a suburban bedroom community, it was chosen as the future site for Puget Sound University. Plans were drawn and ground breaking even occurred, but the economic depression of the mid-1890s scuttled the venture; however, the name University Place stuck. At approximately the same time the univers...