Luzon Building

Commercial offices in Tacoma, Washington

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General informationTypeCommercial officesArchitectural styleChicago school, commercial styleLocation1302 Pacific Avenue
Tacoma, WashingtonCoordinates47°15′04″N 122°26′19″W / 47.251155°N 122.438507°W / 47.251155; -122.438507Construction started1890Completedapprox. 8 February 1891Demolished26 September 2009HeightRoof88.00 ft (26.82 m)Technical detailsFloor count6Lifts/elevators1Design and constructionArchitect(s)Burnham and Root

Pacific National Bank Building

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Arealess than one acreBuilt1891 (1891)NRHP reference No.80004008^[2]Added to NRHP7 March 1980 References^[1]

Window detail, Luzon Building prior to demolition

The Luzon Building was a historic six-story building at 1302 Pacific Avenue in downtown Tacoma, Washington designed by Chicago architects Daniel Burnham and John Root.^[3]^[4]

The Luzon was built in 1890–1891 as the Pacific National Bank, which had a first floor entrance on Pacific Avenue and a second floor entrance on Commerce Street. Both floors contained businesses such as W.L. Davis & Sons Co. Furniture and Chaddy & Son Tailors in addition to the bank; the upper four stories were living space.

The building was named "Luzon" in 1901, after the largest island in the Philippines, where on July 1 of that year William Howard Taft inaugurated establishment of American civil government of the Philippines.

The building was demolished on September 26, 2009, despite efforts by local preservationists.^[5]^[6]

References

^ "Emporis building ID 1154293". Emporis. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016.
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010. Retrieved January 27, 2014.
^ Gallacci, Caroline Denyer; Karabaich, Ron (2009). Downtown Tacoma. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia. p. 42. ISBN 9780738570020.
^ "Luzon Building". Historic Tacoma. 12 February 2012. Archived from the original on 20 February 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
^ Cooper, Kathleen (September 27, 2009). "Few gather for fall of historic Luzon building". The News Tribune. Tacoma, Washington. Retrieved September 27, 2009.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Matthews, Todd (September 26, 2009). "Luzon's Last Dawn". Tacoma Daily Index. Tacoma, Washington. Archived from the original on October 18, 2009. Retrieved September 27, 2009.

Timeline of the tallest buildings in Seattle and Washington

Pioneer Building (28 m) (1892)
Alaska Building (51 m) (1904)
U.S. Bank Building (67 m) (1910)
Hoge Building (60 m) (1911)
Key Bank Center* (71 m) (1911)
Smith Tower (141 m) (1914)
Space Needle (184 m) (1962)
Safeco Plaza (192 m) (1969)
Columbia Center (285 m) (1985)

Key Bank Center is located in Tacoma and was only the tallest in Washington when completed.

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