Key Bank Center, formerly the Puget Sound National Bank Building, is a 16-floor high-rise in Tacoma, Washington. When completed as the National Realty Building in 1911, the 71 m (233 ft) tower was the tallest building in the state of Washington until surpassed by Seattle's Smith Tower in 1914. Key Bank later sold the tower and moved into the building at the corner (1101 Pacific) which now houses the South Puget Sound District Offices of Key Bank as well as its Tacoma Main Branch office.
| Key Bank Center | |
|---|---|
 Postcard published c.1910s | |
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| Former names | National Realty Building Puget Sound National Bank Building |
| Record height | |
| Tallest in Washington state from 1911 to 1914[I] | |
| Preceded by | U.S. Bank Building Building (Spokane) |
| Surpassed by | Smith Tower (Seattle) |
| General information | |
| Type | Commercial offices |
| Location | 1119 Pacific Avenue Tacoma, Washington |
| Coordinates | 47°15′09″N 122°26′16″W / 47.2526°N 122.4379°W |
| Construction started | 1909 |
| Completed | 1911 |
| Height | |
| Roof | 70.71 m (232.0 ft) 56.1 m (184 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 16 |
| Floor area | 8,919 sq ft (828.6 m2) |
| Lifts/elevators | 3 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Heath, Gove and Bell |
| References | |
| [1][2] | |
The tower, with marble quarried in Alaska, was designed by Frederick Heath.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Emporis building ID 125349". Emporis. Archived from the original on 2018-10-21.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Key Bank Center". SkyscraperPage.
- ^ June Allen (20 October 2004). "The State Capitol and Its Marble and Keeping the Capital in Juneau". Stories In The News. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Key Bank Center (Tacoma, Washington).
- Images from 1926 at the Tacoma Public Library Image Archives