Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Item
Title
A1068-1
Date(s)
- 1925-04-18 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
(1919-1980)
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
Washington Building under construction in April of 1925. Started 1919 by the Scandinavian-American Bank and left unfinished when the bank failed, the building was completed and opened in June of 1925. At 17 stories, it was one of the skycrapers changing the skyline of Tacoma. The building is of steel framework, completed with glazed white terra cotta. The investment in the building was 1 1/2 million dollars. (filed with Argentum)
Washington Building (Tacoma); Office buildings--Tacoma--1920-1930; Building construction--Tacoma--1920-1930;