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Title
D27239-2
Date(s)
- 1947-04-01 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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The W. R. Rust Building was built in 1920 by William R. Rust, the contractor was J. E. Bonnell and Sutton, Whitney and Dugan were the architects; it is twelve stories high. Between 1929 and 1931 the building was known as the Townsend Building. It is now the Seafirst Center in downtown Tacoma. Exterior view of building, Franwell fountain lunch, Virges Drug Company and Lundquist Lilly shops on ground level.
Business districts--Tacoma; Office buildings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Rust Building (Tacoma);