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1117-19 PACIFIC AVE, TACOMA

• 11 images. National Realty Bldg. Heath & Twichell, arch. Hans Pederson, contr. -completed bldg. was the tallest on the West Coast (until the Smith Tower in Seattle was completed in 1914) -first bldg. on the West Coast built to withstand earthquakes -first bldg. in Tacoma to use cantilevered beam construction -16 stories, 232 ft. -bldg. at 1115 Pacific Ave. built as annex/addition in 1912 -"largest single real estate transaction in Tacoma history" when bldg. was sold in 1917 -Puget Sound National Bank purchased bldg. in 1920 -rehab c.1983 -plans at TPL, C1, roll11 SEE ALSO: 1115 PACIFIC AVE. TDL 1/10/1909 p.9 Six-teen story office block TDN 1/30/1909 p.1 (sketch) TDL 2/21/1909 p.33 Various delays halt building TDL 3/21/1909 p.40 Work will begin about July 1 on Realty Building Pacific Builder & Eng. 3/27/1909 p.29 TDL 5/9/1909 p.43 Close deal for building lots (lots bought in 1883 for $1,700 sold for $80,000) TDL 5/23/1909 p.46 Break ground for skyscraper TDL 5/30/1909 p.36 Making soil tests TDL 6/13/1909 p.37 Surrenders his lease on store TDL 7/4/1909 p.35 Receiving bids on Realty skyscraper TDL 8/15/1909 p.37 Heavy demand for skyscraper space TDL 8/29/1909 p.36 Skyscraper of unique design TDL 9/5/1909 p.36 permits TDL 9/19/1909 p.40 New buildings rising rapidly TDL 9/26/1909 p.48 Builders race the fall rains Pacific Builder & Eng. 10/2/1909 p.394 TDL 10/3/1909 p.42 Ready to begin on Realty foundation TDL 11/14/1909 p.45 Open bids for power plants TDL 11/21/1909 p.44 Tacoma to have the cantalever TDL 2/27/1910 p.37 Weather keeps building back TDL 3/20/1910 p.40,43 Lost girder found ... TDL 4/24/1910 p.42 (il under construction) TDL 5/22/1910 p.39 (il under construction) TDL 6/29/1910 p.38 (il) TDL 9/4/1910 p.36 Pacific Coast tallest ... (il) TDN 12/14/1910 (il) TDL 1/1/1911 p.29 (il from rear of bldg.) TDN 7/4/1911 p.15 (full page ad) (il) TDL 3/3/1912 p.31 One of the finest cafes on Coast to be installed In National Realty basement (proposed) T.Times 4/18/1912 Catch turnip from top of Realty Bldg. T.Times 4/19/1912 Can Zanetta catch turnip from top of Realty Building? (il) T.Times 4/22/1912 ... Gee! What a crowd TDL 5/26/1912 p.36 (ad) TDL 7/28/1912 p.35 (interior il) TDL 9/15/1912 p.28 (il of site before bldg. and sketch of proposed expansion) T.Times 12/7/1912 p.8 How long does it take to eat loaf of bread as big as Realty Building? (sketch) TDL 6/1/1913 p.1,19 Begin $600,000 hotel in fall (proposed Winthrop Hotel) TDL 7/6/1913 p.19 Newest features in Winthrop Hotel (proposed doubling of building) p.35 Pig pen on roof TDL 9/14/1913 p.21 Winthrop will be up in year (proposed) TDL 11/16/1913 p.1 Work begins on hotel March 1 (proposed) TDL 2/1/1914 p.19 Erection of hotel is assured (proposed Windsor Hotel addition) TDL 6/13/1915 p.28 Tacoma architect has roof garden TDL 7/1/1915 p.1 Falls 13 stories down elevator shaft to death T.Tribune 10/15/1916 p.1 Forty trapped in police raid on "exclusive" downtown club; office suite is rich barroom (prominent business leaders busted in Prohibition raid on a "club" called the "Electric Logging Co." in rooms 1602-07) TNL 10/15/1916 p.1 Raid in skyscraper brings panic TNL 8/5/1917 p.1 Skyscraper sold to syndicate of East Side men ("largest single real estate transaction in Tacoma history") TDL 9/1/1918 p.B4 New ticket office here is remodeled (U.S. Railroad Administration Consolidated Ticket Office at 1119 Pacific Ave.) TDL 9/15/1918 p.A6 (il of "human fly" climbing up bldg.) TDL 10/19/1919 p.B5 Renovating large Avenue skyscraper Senior Scene Mar. 2000 p.8 Tacoma's sketchy past (sketch); Apr. 2000 p.2 More on Tacoma's sketchy past 071 F779F 12/20/1913 p.12 Spirit of progress in Tacoma (sketch) 338.973 P83Pt 1918 p.68 (il); 1919 p.37 (sketch) 917.972 Op& p.2 (il) 979.778 H628H Vol.I p.439 979.7788 ST769H p.29 ----- Puget Sound Bank Building TDL 9/12/1920 p.1 Tacoma bankers buy National Realty Building (bldg. purchased by Puget Sound National Bank for $551,000) (sketch) TDL 12/19/1920 p.A24 (bldg. directory) TDL 3/20/1921 p.B5 Bank will have larger quarters (remodeling by O.F. Larson, contr.) TDL 8/21/1921 p.B5 Announces change to new quarters (C.V. Munsey Gymnasium moves from ninth floor to fourth floor) TNT 12/26/1922 Do you remember? (il of excavation c.1909) TNT 5/2/1922 p.11 Do you remember? (il of excavation taken 9/25/1909) TNT 4/28/1925 p.9 Pacific Avenue, as steeplejack sees it (il) TDL 6/19/1928 p.1 Coroner to probe accident; inquest in elevator death ... TDL 6/7/1936 p.B7 Improve building exterior ("average of 5,000 persons visit the structure daily") TNT 6/5/1938 p.A13 (remodeling by Ketner Bros., contr.) TNT 1/24/1941 p.1 Voracious gulls call regularly at office building window for lunch TNT 8/30/1941 p.1 KTBI opens Saturday (new radio studio on second floor) TNT 12/20/1941 p.12 Bank will remodel TNT 9/30/1942 p.10 Modern quarters for Tacoma bank (interior remodeled, first three floors refaced with ruby red granite) (interior il) T.Times 9/30/1942 Puget Sound Bank completes big remodeling project (interior il) TNT 5/27/1943 p.21 Insurance firm in Puget Sound Bank Building (Hansen & Rowland, Inc.) TNT 6/13/1943 p.A10,B1 Offices occupy whole floor (Hansen & Rowland, Inc. Insurance leases the 13th floor) (interior il) TNT 12/12/1944 p.1 Gets $1,000 in bank holdup TNT 12/13/1944 p.1 17 yr. old confesses crime TNT 6/17/1947 p.1 Look pretty now (il of two owlets born in the tower) TNT 12/23/1948 p.1 Holdup of P.S. Bank fizzles TNT 3/2/1952 p.A16 Air raid shelters ... TNT 6/12/1953 p.B8 A new symbol of Puget Sound service (sketch of new time and temperature sign) TNT 10/24/1954 p.C18 Scaffold up, balcony down (16th floor concrete balcony to be removed) (il) TNT 11/11/1960 p.36 (permit taken to remodel rear entrance) TNT 5/10/1963 p.C14 Four more buildings CD shelters TNT 12/8/1963 p.C16 (permit taken to remodel sixth floor) TNT 9/20/1964 p.B8 Bank adds to Tacoma facelifting (remodeling by Lea, Pearson & Richards, arch. and Merit Co., contr.) (sketch) TNT 9/27/1964 p.C18 Unusual wood (il of Brazilian Rosewood, to be installed in the board room of Puget Sound National Bank) TNT 2/7/1965 p.C17 Huge piece of equipment moved here (air conditioning unit moved to the 5th floor) TNT 2/15/1965 p.7 Raising the temperature (il) TNT 5/27/1966 p.16 Bank steeple to be saved TNT 10/9/1966 p.A18 (permit to remodel 10th floor taken by Busch & Webb) TNT 10/21/1966 p.A4 Burglar escapes by fire escape TNT 11/12/1966 p.16 24-hour flag raised atop bank's tower (il) TNT 3/5/1967 p.B16 (permit taken to remodel the 5th through 16th floors) 720.28 T119TR p.56 (rehab c.1983 by Martin Construction Co., contr.) ----- Key Bank of Washington / Key Tower TNT 2/23/1996 p.B1 Falcon welcome mat (mention) TNT 5/7/1998 p.B3 Peregrine pair may make home in Tacoma TNT 9/23/1999 p.D6 KeyBank to sell office building as part of consolidation effort TNT 2/10/2000 p.D1 High-tech start-ups eyed for Key Tower 917.9778 M177T p.184 (il) ----- Heritage Bank Plaza TNT 1/6/2001 p.D1 Heritage Bank finds a more visible home TNT 12/27/2021 p.3A Residential units and more planned for former Key Tower (ext il) TNT 12/25/2022 p.2A Two market-rate apartment projects gain tax breaks in Tacoma (ext il) Puget Sound Business Journal 2/17/2023 p.16 Tacoma landlords are turning offices into apartments
• Year Built: 1910
• Decade Built: 1910s

Abbreviation Key GTWY - Peninsula Gateway, TDL - Tacoma Daily Ledger, TDN - Tacoma Daily News, TNL - Tacoma News Ledger, TNT - Tacoma News Tribune

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