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D155753-64R
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- 1969-02-13 (Creation)
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United States Senator Henry M. Jackson at 12th and "A" Streets in Tacoma during the ground breaking for the Bank of Washington Plaza (now Wells Fargo) Building. Once built it would be the tallest building in Tacoma at 24 stories, 289.5 feet high and occupying 292,000 square feet. Skidmore, Owings and Merrill with Lea, Pearson and Richards, Architects designed the skyscraper to be built without a "thirteenth" floor but with a helipad/helicopter landing site on the roof. The bank building was dedicated on January 9, 1971, nearly two years after the ground breaking. Cost of the building was approximately $12 million. Senator Jackson commented that upon the millions of dollars in new development in the downtown area, whereby old and deteriorated buildings could be demolished, "the heart of a city can be renewed." View of Senator Jackson in conversation; man to extreme right is Goodwin Chase, president and board chairman of Bank of Washington, man in hat is David Rowlands, City Manager. (TNT 2-14-69, p. 17) ALBUM 4
Jackson, Henry M., 1912-1983; Legislators--Washington--1960-1970; Chase, Goodwin; Bankers--Tacoma; National Bank of Washington (Tacoma); Rowlands, David;