Fircrest, Washington
city in Pierce County, Washington, United States
Fircrest is a city in Pierce County, Washington, United States. The population was 7,156 at the 2020 census.
History
Fircrest was officially incorporated on September 19, 1925. Like its neighbor University Place, it is a middle-class suburb of Tacoma. The community was developed by Edward Bowes, who later gained fame as the host of the Major Bowes Amateur Hour radio talent show. The town attempted to associate itself with academia by naming a number of its streets after universities (e.g. Princeton, Dartmouth, Yale, Vassar, Stanford) and was originally known as Regents Park in a reference to the regents of a university. Some other streets (e.g. Bowes Drive, Spring Street, and Ramsdell Street) were named after those involved in the initial development.
The Bowes development, through the Narrows Land Company, offered lots with a full street, sidewalk, and sewer network beginning in 1907.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Fircrest, Washington” as city in Pierce County, Washington, United States. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as city in Pierce County, Washington, United States. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 18, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1505832. VIAF identifies the subject as 143099315. The Library of Congress control number is n82251328. Authority coordinates are 47.232, -122.514. 2 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020, 1925 and 1907.
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