HISTORIC ONE-ROOM SCHOOLHOUSE, TENNIS/PICKLEBALL COURT, FITNESS CENTER
FACILITIES:
The park includes
Wide-Awake Hollow, the oldest one-room schoolhouse in Pierce County; listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
A tennis/pickle ball/basketball court.
The Old Schoolhouse itself is privately operated as a membership fitness center.
Contact Deb Lal 884-3059.
TENNIS/PICKLE BALL COURT
The Park District recently had the surface of the court resurfaced and stripped to accommodate tennis and pickle ball play.
Use of the court and grounds including play equipment is free and not part of the athletic facility.
Rich Young and Shari Jones have reserved the court for free pickle ball lessons and play Tuesday's and Friday's from 9:00 am to 11:00 am beginning May 1st and ending October 1st. Rich and Shari have equipment you can use while there and they provide instruction and oversee play. You may contact them at shajones3@msn.com 623-512-3525, or rich.young23@hotmail.com 253-884-6467.
LOCATION:
Located at the intersection of Eckenstam-Johnson Rd and 108th St.
HISTORY:
The schoolhouse and land was donated by the Anderson Island School District prior to its dissolution in 1968.
The building was recently restored and a foundation constructed with a matching grant from Pierce County.
CONTACT: Contact Park Commissioner: Rick Anderson 253-884-4922, rickanderson@harbornet.com
HISTORIC ONE-ROOM SCHOOLHOUSE, TENNIS/PICKLEBALL COURT, FITNESS CENTER
