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The Luzon ArtifActsinventory

PublishingDatathisstudycommissionedandpublishedbythe

cityoftacomainAugustof2011.

coverimageDataBackgroundimage:A2011photographofdecorativebentmetalworkbyKatiechase,Artifactsconsulting,inc.

insetimage:1908photographoftheLuzonBuilding,lookingupthirteenthstreetfromPacificAvenue.

cityoftacoma747Marketstreettacoma,WA98402

ConTenTs

1.1 ProjeCT InformaTIon 1

1.2 sTewardshIP GuIdanCe 2

1.2.1 Disposition Criteria 2

1.2.2 Conservation ConCerns 3

1.2.3 ConDition LeveLs 3

1.1 arTIfaCTs InvenTory TabLe 4

1.2 aPPendIx 10

1.2.1 HistoriC images 10

1.2.2 paCifiC nationaL Bank (Luzon) BuiLDing nomination 12

1.2.3 paCifiC avenue HistoriC DistriCt nomination 12

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1.1 ProjeCT InformaTIon

UndertakeninAugustof2011,thisreportprovidesaninventoryandguidanceforongoingsteward-shipofartifactssalvagedduringdemolitionoftheLuzonbuilding(formerlylocatedatthesouthwestcornerofsouth13thstreetandPacificAvenue,tacoma,WA).ListedindividuallyandaspartofadistricttothenationalregisterofHistoricPlaces.

Builtin1890-91,thehistoricnamefortheLuzonbuildingisthePacificnationalBankbuilding.theLuzonbuildingwasthelastBurnham&rootdesignedbuildingintacomaandoneofthelastontheWestcoast.thebuildingwasacontributingpropertyandanchoredthenorthendofthenationalregisterofHistoricPlaceslistedPacificAvenueHistoricDistrict(1302to1356PacificAvenue).theLuzonbuildingwasthelastbuildingofthathistoricdistricttobetorndown.

Artifactslistedbelowcameintothecity’spossessionduringdemolitionofthebuilding.AtthetimeofwritingthisreporttheartifactsresideintwoPortableonDemandstorage(PoDs)containersleasedbythecityatasecuresite.theartifactsareawaitingdisposition.

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1.2 sTewardshIP GuIdanCe

theLuzonbuildingoccupiedaprominentroleintacoma’sgrowthanddevelopmentandthebroadernarrativeofarchitecturalhistory.theremnantartifactsprovidethelasttangiblelinktothebuildingandsomeindicationofthequalityofdesignandconstructionaswellasmaterialsused.theseaffordanimportantinterpretiveandeducationalopportunity.

conditionanddispositioncriteriaprovidedecision-makingtoolstoassistinmatchingartifactswithappropriaterepositoriesbasedoncuratorialneedsandpublicviewinglevels.thefirststepisidentify-ingpotentialreceiversfittingthedispositioncriterialistedbelow.thesecondstepismatchingcondi-tionlevelswiththecapacityofthosereceiver(s).

Aspartofthetransferforallmaterialsthecityoftacomashouldmaintainaninventorytrackingwhichentitiesreceivetheartifactswithprovisionsforthoseartifactstorevertbacktocityownershipshouldthereceivernolongerwantorbeabletomaintainthem.

thisinventoryinformationpertainingtothedispositionoftheremainingartifactsshouldbeaddedtotheonlineHistoricPropertyinventoryform(seelinkbelow).thiswouldprovideapublicpointofac-cesstothelocationsoftheartifactsforcitizensinterestedinthehistoryofthebuilding.

https://fortress.wa.gov/dahp/wisaard/dahpreports/historicpropertyreport.aspx?id=31061

theLuzonislistedtothenationalregisterofHistoricPlacesindividuallyasthePacificnationalBank(Luzon)BuildingandasaprimarystructurewithinthePacificAvenueHistoricDistrict.Acopyofeachnominationisavailableinthe“Appendix”onpage10ofthisdocument.

1.2.1 DisPositioncriteriA

Dispositionfallstothefollowingprioritizedreceivertypes.

• Publicentities.suchasmuseumsanduniversitycampuses.

• Public-privateentities.suchasnon-profitswithamissionstatementrelevanttohistoricpreserva-tion.

considerationcriteriawhenevaluatingpotentialreceivers.

• Demonstratedpublicviewingopportunities.

• remainingintacoma.

• capacitytoprovidecuratorialconditionsappropriatetoparticularartifactneeds.

https://fortress.wa.gov/dahp/wisaard/dahpreports/historicpropertyreport.aspx?id=31061

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1.2.2 conservAtionconcerns

theartifactscompriseformerinteriorandexteriorbuildingelements.Materialsincludecastiron,wood,terracotta,andmetal.Weightsofartifactsrangefromlessthanapoundforsomeofthebellstoover2,000lbspercastironcolumn.Mostitemshavebeenpaintedpreviouslywithlayersofpaintinvariousstagesofdeterioration.curatorialconsiderationsfortheartifactsmayincludeenvironmen-talconcerns,suchastemperatureandhumiditycontrolaswellasmoisture-protection,andevense-curityforsmallerormorevaluableartifacts.thefollowinggeneralcategoriesprioritizeconservationandcuratorialneedsfortheartifactstoassistinmatchingthemwithfacilitiescapableofprovidingongoingstewardshipforthematerials.

• HigH. couldbedisplayedindoorsonly.Wouldrequireahighlevelofcuratorialeffortforongo-ingmaintenanceanddisplayset-up.examplesincludethecastironcolumnsandwooddoors.

• AverAge.couldbedisplayedindoorsonly.Wouldrequireonlyamodestlevelofcuratorialef-fortforongoingmaintenanceanddisplay.examplesincludethedecorativemetalpanels.

• Low. couldbedisplayedinoroutofdoors.onlyminimalcuratorialworkwouldbeneededtoattendtotheirongoingmaintenanceanddisplay.examplesincludethebricks.

1.2.3 conDitionLeveLs

theartifactsareinvariousstagesofdeteriorationandmayrequirecleaningorrepairpriortotheirdisplay.thefollowingrankscategorizethelevelofconditionissuesforeachartifactbyminorormod-erate.thus,anartifactrankedwithaminorlevelofconditionissueswouldrequirefewerrepairsthanonewithamoderatelevel.noartifactiseithercompletelyintactorinneedofextensiverepair.

• Minor. Minimaldamage.Wouldonlyrequireaminimallevelofcleaningbeforedisplay.exam-plesincludethebricksandelevatorparts.

• ModerAte. Greaterlevelofdamage.Mayrequirerepairinadditiontocleaningbeforedisplay.examplesincludetheoakbalustrade.

1.2.4 DisPositioncAteGories

• HigH vALue:shouldbedirectedintoacquisitionbyapublicculturalcollectionwhereconserva-tionandcuratorialstandardsarehigh,thereisaccessforexhibitionandresearchandthecollec-tionpolicywillleadtolongtermpreservation

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• eLevAted vALue:shouldberetainedbythecityoftacomaforincorporationintopublicproj-ectsorconveyedtomasterlevelartistsorcraftpersonsforreusewithpublicculturalprojectsintacoma.

• CuLturAL vALue:offeredtostudents,localartistsorpublicprojectdevelopersforreuseinapubliclyaccessiblelocation.Proposalsforuseshouldbedirectedthroughtheappropriatecityculturalmechanism.

• Story vALue:shouldbeofferedtolocalhistorical/culturalorganizationsforlocalsaleordis-position

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1.2 aPPendIx

thefollowingitemsareincludedintheappendix:

• HistoricimagesoftheLuzonbuilding

• thenationalregisternominationforthePacificnationalBank(Luzon)Building

• thenationalregisternominationforthePacificAvenueHistoricDistrict

1.2.1 HistoriciMAGes

desCrIPTIon ImaGe

Image of bank lobby, ca. 1895. Decora-tive metal work in this image similar to salvaged metal work artifacts.

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desCrIPTIon ImaGe

Image of ground floor interior space.

Detail of exterior cast iron stair railing.

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desCrIPTIon ImaGe

Detail of exterior cast iron stair railing.

1.2.2 PAcificnAtionALBAnK(LUzon)BUiLDinGnoMinAtion

1.2.3 PAcificAvenUeHistoricDistrictnoMinAtion

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l" ,". 1--' 3e<I •• • 4'.& Form No. 10-300 -'" ,0·' 2o".Jr l~.~·

. . UNITED STATESDEPARTM TOFTHEINTERIORNATIONAL PARK SERVICE

NATIONAL REGISTER OF IDSTORIC PLACESINVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM

DNAME

_SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMSTYPE ALL ENTRIES·· COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS Pr 22()

AND/OR COMMON

HISTORICPacific National Bank (Luzon) Building

IJLOCATION

CITY. TOWNTacoma

STREET &: NUMBER

1302 Pacific AvenueCONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

3rd - Oona1d L. Bonker

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

·VICINITY OF

WashingtonCODe

53COUNTY

PierceCODe

053STATE

DCLASSIFICA TION

CATEGORY_DISTRICT

JLBUILolNGISI

_STRUCTURE

_SITE

_OBJECT

OWNERSHIP_PUBLIC

XPRIVATE

_BOTH

PUBLIC ACQUISITION_IN PROCESS_BEING CONSIDERED

PRESENT USE-AGRICULTURE __ MUSEUM

X.COMMERCIAL _PARK

_EDUCATIONAL _PRIVATE RESIDENCE

__ ENTERTAINMENT __ RELIGIOUS

__GOVERNMENT _SCIENTIFIC

_INDUSTRIAL _TRANSPORTATION

_MILITARY __OTHER:

STATUS~OCCUPIED

_UNOCCUPIED

_WORK IN PROGRESS

ACCESSIBLE__ YES: RESTRICTED

__ YES: UNRESTRICTED

_NO

DOWNER OF PROPERTYNAME

Robert Carlson

CITY, TOWN

Tacoma

STREET & NUMBER

10603 South Tacoma WaySTATE

Washington 98409VICINITY OF

IILOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION

STREET & NUMBER

COURTHOUSE.

REGISTRY OF oEEo5.ETC Pierce County Assessor

2401 South 35th StreetCITY. TOWN STATE

Tacoma Washington 98409

TITLE

DREPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS

June,

Washington State Cultural Resource Survey: Tacoma/Pierce County

1974 _FEDERAL --STATE X.COUNTY JLLOCAl

DATE

DEPOSITORY FORSURVEY RECORDS

City of Tacoma Community Development OepartmentOffice of Historic Preservation

CITY. TOWN740 St. Helens, Tacoma

STATEWashington 98402

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•BDESCRIPTION

CONDITION CHECK ONE CHECK ONE

..xORIGINAl SITE_MOVED DATE _

_EXCElLENT _DETERIORATED

.!GOOD _RUINS

_ FAIR _UNEXPOSED

_UNALTERED

...xAlTERED

DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

The Pacific National Bank (Luzon) Building faces east on the corner of Pacific Avenueand South 13th Street in Tacoma's central business district. The Commercial stylebuilding is six stories high on the Pacific Avenue (facade) elevation and five storieshigh at the rear on Commerce Street. It measures 40 by 100 feet, occupying theentire,property. The structural system combines masonry load-bearing exterior wallsapproximately two feet thick with an inner framework of metal columns and beams. Theinterior walls are faced with lath and plaster. The exterior material is dense brownbrick , with copings ,sills, and 1imited ornamentation of terra cotta. The openingson the first floor are articulated by large semi-circular arches, and the secondthrough the sixth floors are lighted by rectangular double-hung windows (which on thefifth floor are crowned with semi-elliptical arches). The building terminates inbrick corbeling surmounted by an unadorned brick parapet.

The February B, 1891, Sunday Ledger published a description of the interior of thebuilding as it appeared upon completion. Materials and furnishings were varied,including mahogany trim from Mexico, marble mosaic flooring from Tennessee, andwalls adorned with frescoes. Three vaults were constructed by the Marvin SafeCompany of New York "of the latest and best pattern." In the years since, the PacificAvenue level has undergone significant remodeling to accomodate business activities,and some of the floors above have been modified for storage use. However, thefifth and sixth floors retain many of the original office partitions. The vaultswith their related hardware and the pressed metal ceiling are also intact. Otherfeatures (such as the marble floors) have been covered and it has not been deter-mined if they are restorable. The exterior. of'the 'building has changed little withthe exception of modern'signqge and the.addition of fire escapes and seismic bracingat the various floor levels .

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•PERIOD AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE .• CHECK AND JUSTIFY BELOW

_PREHISTORIC

_1400-1499

_1500-1599

_1600-1699

_1700-1799

1-.1800-1899lL'900,

-ARCHEULOGY·PREHISTORIC

--ARCHEOLOGY·HISTORIC

----AGRICULTURE

!.ARCHITECTURE

-ART

_COMMERCE

_COMMUNICATIONS

_COMMUNITY PLANNING

_CONSERVATION

!.eCONOMICS

_EDUCATION

_ENGINEERING

_EXPlORATIQNtseTILEMENT

_INDUSTRY

_INVENTION

_LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

_LAW

_LITERATURE

_MILITARY

_MUSIC

"":"'PHllOSOPHY

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_RELIGION

_SCIENCE

_SCULPTURE

_SOCIAUHUMANITARIAN

_THEATER

_TRANSPORTATION

_OTHER (SPECIFY)

BUILDER/ARCHITECT Burnham and Root, ArchitectsBassford and Haupt, BuildersSPECIFIC DATES 1891

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

The Pacific National Bank' (luzon) Budding is slgnificant as the surviving one of'two commissions in Tacoma by the Chicago architectural firm of Burnham and Root.An example of the Commercial style, it embodies the late nineteenth-century transi-tion from the traditional load-bearing masonry wall structural system to the steelskeleton/curtain wall form of the skyscraper. It also symbolizes the banking andbuilding activity which took place in Tacoma in conjunction with the completion ofthe transcontinental line of the Northern Pacific Railroad.

Pacific Avenue was graded in 1873-74, just after Tacoma was selected as the terminusfor the Northern Pacific Railroad. For over ten years, building activity consistedof frame business blocks and houses which lined the street in a disparate manner.The pattern changed, however, as investors and businessmen anticipated the comple-tion of the transcontinental railroad across the Cascade Mountains. When the linewas finished in lB87, a b4ildi~g bQom was,in prqgr.~ss, lasting until the Depressionof 1893. The f irm of Daniel H: Burnham and John W: Root, Chicago, was retained todesign the Pac tf rc National Bank BuHding,whictiwas constructed ata cost of '$100,000. Root died before the building was completed in 1891, but he was creditedby Burnham with the design. The partners also produced the Fidelity National BankBuilding in Tacoma, razed in 1949. Burnham and Root gained a national reputationfor commercial buildings which implemented the then innovative metal frame andcurtain wall construction essential to the development of the skyscraper. ThePacific National Bank Building is a transitional example of the type, incorporatingthe new system with the conventional method: walls of bearing masonry. Restrainedin its detailing, the building derives its architectural character from its fenes-tration. Its ground-floor arches exhibit an earlier Romanesque influence, whilethe organization of the upper floors is typical of the Commercial style in the ratioof glass to brick.

The owner of the new building, the Pacific National Bank, had been organized inlBB5 with C.P. Masterson, president, L.R. Manning, vice president, and T.B.'Wallace,cashier. They first established offices in the'Tacoma Chamber of Commerce building,a brick business block located on the southeast corner of 12th Street and PacificAvenue. In February, 1891, the bank moved to its building at Pacific Avenue and,South 13th Street. The following year, George W. Vanderbilt, youngest brother ofCornelius Vanderbilt, II, purchased the Pacific National Bank Building as part ofhis one million dollar investment in Tacoma real estate. The Pac if tc National Bankretained its headquarters in the building until 1898. When the Depression of 1893halted economic activity, it was one of the few banks in Tacoma able to survive theeconomic collapse. Since its inception on October 20, 1885, the Pacific National

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Bank has continued to the present, although it has undergone three capital changes.On September 1, 1913, the Pacific National Bank of Tacoma and the National Bank ofCommerce merged under the name of the National Bank of Tacoma. Two further capitalchanges occurred on August 21, 1937 (National Bank of Washington), and on August 17,1970 (Pacific National Bank of Washington).

In 1899 the Tacoma Savings and Loan Association had been founded in the PacificNational Bank (Luzon) Building; it remains one of the oldest such institutionsin the nation. In 1901 the building gained its name, the Luzon Building, forreasons not ascertained but presumably related to the consolidation that year ofAmerican control of the Philippines, of which Luzon was the ma in island and locationof the capital city, Manila. The banking institutions which used the building duringthis time included the Metropolitan Bank (1899) and the London and San FranciscoBank (1902-1904). The latter was bought by the Bank of California, which remainedin the building until 1918. The Scandinavian American Bank temporarily used thepremises in 1920. Over the years, offices in the upper floors housed lawyers,insurance companies, and real estate agents. A tailor, a tea company, and a barberoccupied the Commerce Street store-fronts between 1891 and 1924. At that time,the William L. Davts Company acquired the entire building for its store and warehouseand continued to occupy the building until 1937. This business was well known forthe quality of its furniture and its interior design work. In 1959 the NationalBank of Washington began to use the building as a warehouse for bank files.

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. .;, IIMAJOR BIBUOGR.ICAL REFERENCES •Hoffman, Donald. The Architecture of John Wellborn Root. Baltimore: John Hopkins, 1973.

Moore, Charles. Daniel H. Burnham, Architect, Planner of Cities. Boston: HoughtonMifflin, 1921.

"The Pacific at Home." Sunday Ledger, Vol. LX, No.39. Tacoma, Washington, February 8, 1981,p. 4.

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mFORM PREPARED BYNAME I TITLE

August Gene Gru1ich, Chairman(assisted by the City of Tacoma Office of

Historic Preservation)ORGANIZATION

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(206) 272-0007707 Court ACITY OR TOWN STATE

Tacoma Washington 98402

ImSTATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION. THE EVALUATED SiGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTYWITHIN THE STATE IS:

NATIONAL_ STATE__ LOCAL_X_

As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89·665). Ihereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to thecriteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service.

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National Register of Historic PlacesInventory-Nomination FormSee Instructions In How to Complete National Register FormsType all antrles-complete applicable sections

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1. Namehistoric Pacific Avenue Historic District

and/or common

2. Locationstreet & number 1302 to 1356 Pacific Avenue _ not for publication

city,town Tacoma 159ssioca'Si'wmvicinity of

stste Washington code 053 county Pierce code 053

3. ClassificationCategory.z., district_ bulldlng(s)_ structure_site_object

Ownership_' public--"---private"_bothPublic Acquisition_In process_ beingconsiderednla

_museum_park_ private residence_'_ religious_ scientific_ transportation

other:

Status....!..- occupied~ unoccupied'_ work in progressAccessible_ yes: restricted..1l_ yes: unrestricted_no

Present Use_ agrl~ulture-K.. commercial_ educational_ entertainment__ government_ industrial_ military

4. Owner «;»fPropertyname Multiple (see attached list)

street & number

city,town ____vlclnllyof state

5. Location of Legal Descriptioncourthouse,registryof deeds, etc, Pierce County Assessor

street & number 2401 South 35th Street

city, town T/!-coma stale Washington 98409

6. Representation in Existing Surveys(1) Tacoma Cultural Resources Survey

title (2) HAER Inventory has this propertybeen delerminedeligible? yes x no

date (1) 1978:-80 (2) 1979 ---"-federal state county 1 local

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Building No. Lot No. Owner of Record

1 1 Robert Carlson & Ronald Malnar10603 S. Tacoma WayTacoma, WA 98499

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Francis Browne1011 1/2 South L StreetTacoma, WA 98405

3 4 Gabriel Touriel & W. Sherman1310 Pacific AvenueTacoma, WA 98402

4 5 Beverly Long8116 70th Avenue Ct. SWTacoma, WA 98499

5 6 & 7 Morris Epstein2106 N. Fife StreetTacoma, WA 98406

6 8 & 9 Sam Kravitz6005 Upland Terrace S.Seattle, WA 98118

8 11 & 12 Steven Pfeifer551 - 26th AvenueSan Francisco, CA 94121

910

1314 & 15

Majestic Associatesc/o Dale CarlisleP. O. Box 1157Tacoma, WA 98401

11 16 Steve Louie1333 Commerce StreetTacoma, WA 98402

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·Dr. George Brain3530 Sound View Drive W.Tacoma, WA 98466

23-26 - Lo.uis DiDenti7308 Bridgeport WayTacoma, WA 98467

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• •,...7. DescriptionCondition_ excellent-"'-- good_lair

_ deteriorated_ruins__ unexposed

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Check one~ original site_moved date

D"scrlbe the present and original llf known) physical appearance

The Pacific Avenue Historic District comprises an entire city block (Block 1304of the Plat of New Tacoma) at the southern edge of the central business districtof Tacoma, Washington. North of this block is the core of the retail, financialand commercial center of the city. Included in this area are new skyscrapers,some well-maintained or rehabilitated office buildings and department stores,and the historic Pantages Theatre (National Register), currently undergoingrenovation and scheduled to reopen in 1983 as a performing arts center. Westof Block 1304 new construction underway or planned includes an office tower andthe first major hotel to be built in Tacoma in almost a century. One block tothe south is the northern boundary of the Union Depot/Warehouse Historic District(National Register), an area containing a large number of handsome brickutilitarian structures of the late nineteenth century, as well as Tacoma's land-mark railroad depot. East of Block 1304 a modern bus depot and some oldercommercial buildings occupy the remainder of the downtown bluff, which overlooksthe industrial and recreational waterways created on the tideflats of CommencementBay.

The city block which comprises the Pacific Avenue Historic District is bounded onthe east by Pacific Avenue, established early as the city's main thoroughfare; onthe west by Commerce Street (formerly Railroad Street); on the north by South13th Street; and on the south by South 15th Street. As a typical city block inthis vicinity, it has 24 lots of 25' frontages and two end lots of 40' frontages,for a total length of 680'. The width of the lots is 100!. This short depth ofthe block, with no interrupting alley, facilitated the design of commercialbuildings with business frontages on both Pacific Avenue and Commerce Street.Because of the west to east slope of the terrain, buildings which are three orfour stories on Pacific become two or three stories on Commerce, with the secondfloor on the east becoming a street level storefront on the west.

The dominant Pacific National Bank Building (also known as the Luzon Building;1890, Burnham & Root), at six stories the tallest on the block, anchors thenorthern end of the district. At the southern corner, the McCormack Brothersdepartment store (1911), a large three-story structure, represents another periodof building activity prior to the First World War. Between the two, an array ofbusiness blocks reflects the progress of commercial and architectural developmentin Tacoma from the early 1880s to about 1910.

The two earliest properties (1883), neighboring two-story structures with upperfloor fenestration of narrow segmental arched 'window openings, are the oldestextant brick commercial buildings in Tacoma. Most construction in the cityconsisted of wood frame business blocks and residences prior to the passage in1884 and 1889 of building codes requiring fireproof construction materials in thedowntown area. The brick facades of these two buildings are now covered bystucco, applied in a "modernization" program in the 1950s and 1960s.

Of the sixteen properties on the block, eight date from the period 1887-1891,when New Tacoma experienced an economic boom and rapid development following thecompletion of the Cascade Division of the Northern Pacific Railroad. Stylesrange from the vigorously ornate Italianate Citizens Bank BUilding to the straight-forward functional statement of Burnham & Root's Pacific National Bank Building.

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Several exhibited brick-faced facades with round-arched windows and decorativeterra cotta trim, common for commercial buildings of the period. The BransonBUilding remains the most handsome example of this idiom.

Four properties date from the period 1902-09, a time when there was again anincrease in building activity following the depression of the 1890s. Therestrained'and unadorned facades of the four-story Dillon & Fisher and SatterleeBuildings reflect the change in style from the exuberant Victorian displays of amore prosperous time. Trabeated fenestration and relative lack of ornamentationcharacterize these hotel and business blocks from this first decade of thetwentieth century.

The large McCormack Brothers department store, located on the southern corner ofthe district, with 115' frontage on Pacific Avenue and 100' on 15th Street,represents a departure from the smaller shopfronts of other retail merchants onthis block. Built in 1911, it was the last major construction on the block,followed only by the unobtrusive one-story Patten Building of about 1920.

Over time, as various businesses moved in and out of the storefronts and a desirefor greater and sometimes more garish visibility on the part of merchants andowners increased, changes occurred in the appearance of the Pacific Avenue street-scape. Exterior alterations included the modification of storefronts, additionof inappropriate signage, and in some cases the application of stucco over theoriginal facade. One exterior (Wolf Building, 1889) is obscured by an expandedmetal covering, simply attached and easily removable. Strict enforcement ofTacoma's seismic code has required the removal of some cornices as well as theupper two floors of the Baker and Wolf Buildings. The interiors of all thebuildings, most originally undistinguished, have been altered over time bymodifications of street level retail spaces to accommodate diverse tenants' needsand by the adaptation of many upper floor office spaces to residential use.

A brief description of individual properties in the Pacific Avenue HistoricDistrict, with numbers keyed to the accompanying map, follows.

1. PACIFIC NATIONAL BANK BUILDING1302 Pacific Avenue1890-91; Burnham & Root, architects

Primary structure. Listed individually on the National Register.

Lot 1. Six-story masonry office building. Rectangular plan. 40' frontageon Pacific Avenue and Commerce Street; 100' frontage on South 13th Street.Iron skeleton construction with load-bearing masonry exterior walls. Brickfacing with terra cotta copings, sills and limited ornamentation. PacificAvenue facade is divided into three bays expressed by tall round-archedentries at street level and'regular trabeated fenestration on upper floors.Blind arches occur over fifth-story windows, and a simple corbeled brickcornice beneath a plain parapet terminates the uppermost story. Littleexterior change except for seismic reinforcement at each story and paint andsignage at street level.

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2. BAKER BUILDING1306-08 Pacific Avenue1889; Pickles & Sutton, architects

Secondary structure.

Lots 2 & 3. Two-story masonry retail and office building. 50' frontage onPacific Avenue and Commerce Street. Designed by the same architects anderected at the same time as the adjacent Wolf Block; the two buildings thuspresenting an integrated uniform facade of 75'. At street level the originalstone entrance portal, with its Richardsonian Romanesque arch and glazed fan-light, remains. One storefront (1308) retains its original appearance, withrecessed entry and display windows aboce marble wainscoting. Signage coversthe original glazed transoms. The other storefront (1306) has been alteredby the repositioning of the doorway and the application of modern facingmaterials. The second story retains its original fenestration, with the majorpiers framing paired double-hung wood-sash windows with glazed transoms.Earthquake damage necessitated the removal of the upper two floors in the1960s. The existing one-story Commerce Street facade retains one originalstorefront, while the other has been altered by the application of modernfacing materials.

3. WOLF BUILDING1310 Pacific Avenue1889; Pickles & Sutton, architects


Lot 4. Two-story masonry commercial building. 25' frontage on PacificAvenue and Commerce Street. Designed by the same architects and erected atthe same time as the adjacent Baker BUilding. The two structures, originallyfour stories in height, presented a uniform facade of 75'. The narrower WolfBlock lacks the arched entrance of the Baker Building, but retains originalstone piers at street level. Storefront has been altered. Upper stories nowmasked by expanded metal screen. One-story Commerce Street facade obscuredby modern wood cladding.

4. LEVIN BUILDING1312 Pacific Avenue1909

Primary structure.

Lot 5. Two-story brick commercial building. 25' frontage on Pacific Avenueand Commerce Street. Straightforward early twentieth century commercialdesign. Original central entry storefront remains, with modern tile coveringwainscoting. Transom intact but obscured by signage. Upper level dividedinto two bays of paired souble-hung windows. Decorative brick corbels atcornice level; original plain parapet has been removed. Commerce Street facadeintact but somewhat obscured by wood panelling over transoms and side entrance.

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5. OUIMETTE-LITTLEJOHN BUILDING1314-16 Pacific Avenue1883; 1893

Intrusion.

Lots 6 & 7. Two-story brick commercial building. Earlier section with 50'frontage on Pacific Avenue and depth of 60' was constructed in 1883. 40'addition extending the building to Commerce Street was built in 1893. Streetlevel storefronts have been altered, and transoms and upper story have beencovered with stucco. Original second floor fenestration of single segmentalarched window openings is still visible. Commerce Street facade is coveredwith modern brick facing. The Ouimette-Littlejohn Building and the adjacentOlds Building are evidently the oldest extant brick commercial buildings inTacoma.

6. OLDS BUILDING1318-20 Pacific Avenue1883; 1906

Intrusion.

Lots 8 & 9. Two-story brick commercial building. Earlier section, with 50'frontage on Pacific Avenue,and depth of 60', was constructed in 1883. 40'addition extending the building to Commerce Street was built about 1906.Originally a handsome Victorian commercial facade with central entry storefronts,glazed transoms, regular upper-story fenestration of segmental arched windowopenings with heavy label moldings, and bracketed cornice. Only the form ofthe window openings are visible today since the Pacific Avenue facade has beencovered with stucco. Brickwork of later Commerce Street facade is intact, butstorefronts are obscured by plywood panels. The Olds Building and the adjacentOuimette-Littlejohn Building are evidently the oldest extant brick commercialbuildings in Tacoma.

7. SAMPSON-UZAFOVAGE BUILDING1322 Pacific Avenue1887; 1910

Intrusion.

Lot 10. Two-story brick commercial building. Earlier section, with 25'frontage on Pacific Avenue and depth of 60', was constructed in 1887. 40'addition extending the building to Commerce Street was built about 1910.Original transoms and upper story of Pacific Avenue facade have been coveredwith stucco, and storefront has been altered. Brickwork and transoms of laterCommerce Street facade are intact, but storefront has been altered.

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8. SATTERLEE BUILDING1324-26 Pacific Avenue1908

Primary structure.

Lots 11 & 12. Four-story brick and concrete hotel building. 50' frontage onPacific Avenue and Commerce Street. Pacific Avenue storefronts have beenaltered and transoms covered. Upper stories remain intact, with facade dividedinto four bays by wide red brick piers with contrasting light grey stone quoins.Wood-framed, double-hung windows in rectangular opernings at third and fourthfloors; second floor windows have glazed transoms under segmental arches.Simple ornamental frieze of flat keystones above upper story windows, with name"Satterlee" inscribed in decorative lettering above central pier. Originalcornice removed. Three-story Commerce Street facade essentially intact.Slightly modified storefronts with transoms. Window openings have flat archeswith radiating red bricks and contrasting cast-stone keys and corner blocks.Original galvanized iron cornice remains.

9. PATTEN BUILDING1328 Pacific Avenueca. 1920


Lot 13. One-story brick commercial building. 25' frontage on Pacific Avenueand Commerce Street. Plain rectangular facade covered wi.th beige tile andframed in darker orange tile. Two narrow dissimilar storefronts; northern onehas been altered.

9a. STREET CLOCKLocated in front of A. Rose Jewelers storefront in Patten Building

Primary object.

Fluted Corinthian column above pedestal base. Two-sided upper casing withaccommodations for four pendant globes and single upright globe at crest. Lastremaining street clock in Tacoma and one of a dwindling number of theseuniquely American features of urban streetscapes.

10. DILLON & FISHER BUILDING1330-32 Pacific Avenue1902

Primary structure.

Lots 14 & 15. Four-story brick hotel building. 50' frontage on Pacific Avenueand Commerce Street. Example of restrained, unadorned commercial architecturefollowing the depression of the 1890s. Pacific Avenue storefronts have beenaltered and transoms covered with tile and signage. Upper stories intact.Facade divided by central uninterrupted pier, with secondary piers forming

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four bays in each half. Regular fenestration of narrow rectangular windowopenings with wood-framed double-hung sash. Simple brick corbeling abovefourth story windows; decorative brick corbeling across top. Originalbracketed cornice removed after earthquake damage in 1960s. Three-storyCommerce Street facade altered by application of stucco over brick facing,but original window openings with segmental arched heads remain. Originalconfiguration of storefronts and central arched entrance also is intact.

11. BIRMINGHAM-TULLIS BUILDING1334 Pacific Avenue1889

Intrusion,

Lot 16. Two-story brick commercial building. 25' frontage on Pacific Avenueand Commerce Street. Originally built as a warehouse for the Alaska Mercantileand Packing Company. Pacific Avenue facade has lost its original appearance.Altered storefront; upper story covered with stucco; new windows.

12. BRANSON BUILDING1336 Pacific Avenue1891; Farrell & Darmer, architects

Primary structure.

Lot 17. Three-story brick commercial building. 25' frontage on PacificAvenue and Commerce Street. A fine example of late nineteenth centurycommercial architecture, employing round arches, decorative brickwork andornamental terra cotta. Groundfloor framewo»k essentially intact, with cast-stone corner piers and galvanized iron frieze. Storefront modified by woodpaneling, which also obscures transoms. Upper facade divided into threewindow bays by flat brick piers rising two stories to a triad of round arches.Terra cotta ornament in spandrels between second and third stories, and insquares grouped in panels at cornice level. "Branson" appears in central panel.Terminal parapet and small corner turrets have been removed. Two-storyCommerce Street facade largely intact. Original storefront with only transomobscured by signage. Three round-arched window openings at second story.Original cornice has been removed.

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CITIZENS BANK/IRVING BUILDINGS1338-1342 Pacific Avenue1889; Farrell & Darmer, architects

Primary structures.

Lots 18, 19, 20. Three-story brick commercial building. Combined frontage of75' on Pacific Avenue and Commerce Street. Originally three distinctproperties, but facade was designed as a single integrated unit. The upperstories of the combined buildings retain the full flavor of the commercialItalianate style as interpreted on the west coast in the 1870s and 1880s.

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Slender attached columns grace the narrow piers between round-arched andsegmental-arched window openings. Paired windows under major molded archesappear in the bank's central bays of the second and third stories, and thisaccented section is surmounted by a classically detailed pediment at cornicelevel. Bracketed eaves overhang a paneled frieze, and various decorativedetails add to the richness of the Victorian facade. At street level, signagehides the original tall glazed transoms and modern facing material has alteredthe appearance of the storefronts. The two-story Commerce Street facaderetains its original tall arched central entry, but the storefronts have beenmasked by plain plywood panels. The upper story of the bank's facade has lostmuch of its original stucco finish as well as a classically detailed corniceand central pediment. The underlying brick structure, with its rhythmic rowof round-arched windows, gives evidence of the original form. The IrvingBuilding (northern portion), though missing its cornice. and original store-front, remains in better condition, with original stucco work reflecting itsearlier appearance.

15. COGSWELL & MEATH BUILDING1344-46 Pacific Avenue1908; Darmer & Cutting, architects

Primary structure.

Lots 21 & 22. Two-story brick commercial building. 50' frontage on PacificAvenue and Commerce Street. Original arrangement of two storefronts is intact,although modern facing materials have been added and transoms are covered bysignage. Upper story reflects restrained commercial style of post-depressionperiod. Four pairs of double-hung windows under flat arches, with oversizekeystones and simple moldings ending in decorative corner blocks. Corbeledbrick frieze; original galvanized iron cornice has been removed. Storefrontsand transoms of one-story Commerce Street facade are masked by wood panels.

16. McCORMACK BROTHERS DEPARTMENT STORE1348-56 Pacific Avenue1911; Russell.·& Babcock, architects


Lots 23-26. Three-story brick commercial building. 115' frontage on PacificAvenue and Commerce Street; 100' frontage on South 15th Street. Storefrontshave been altered on all three street elevations, although Pacific Avenue sideretains most of early arrangement of shop entrances between flanking displaywindows. Upper level divided into five bays by plain brick piers rising twostories to broad segmental arches with oversoze keystones over three-partwindow groupings. Easternmost bay on South 15th Street elevation originallyrepeated this motif. Trabeated fenestration continued on remainder of thiselevation and on Commerce Street facade. End bays of both Pacific Avenue and15th Street elevations have been filled in, and Commerce Street front iscovered by expanded metal screen.

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Areas of slgnlflcance-Check and justify below___. archeology-prehistoric communityplanning landscapearchitecture._ archeology-historic __ conservation ...__ law_ agriculture __ economics ___ literature~ architecture _ education military__ art _~ engineering _ music.-lL- commerce _ exploration/settlement __ philosophy__ communications _ Industry _~_ politics/government

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Specific dates 1883-1920 Builder/Architect Burnham & RootFarrell & DarmerDarmer & CuttingPickles & SuttonRussell & Babcock

Statement of Significance (in one paragraph)

~he Pacific Avenue Historic District is significant as the last remaining integratedblock of historic commercial buildings in downtown Tacoma. Two established preser-vation areas border the CBD -- the Old City Hall Historic District at the north andthe Union Depot/Warehouse Historic District at the south. In the downtown areabetween the two are isolated examples of Tacoma's heritage, but the 1300 block ofPacific Avenue is the only one which remains intact, exhibiting a harmonious street-scape of low-rise commercial facades of the 1880s and the first decade of thetwentieth century. Surrounded by recent development, the block remains the onlyvisual link connecting the two existing historic districts. It comprises a dis-tinctive grouping of commercial buildings that retains the flavor of a 1910 street-scape uninterrupted by later intrusive structures.

Although settled by Euro-Americans as early as 1852, Tacoma really owes its founda-tion to the decision made in 1873 by the Northern Pacific Railroad to locate itsPacific Northwest terminus at the port city on Comme~cement Bay. Indeed, the rail-road monopolized the development of the fledgling terminus and the sale of townsiteproperties. The Tacoma Land Company, a subsidiary of the railroad, was formed tomanage and offer for sale the town's real estate.

Pacific Avenue was the city's designated major thoroughfare -- the first street tobe surveyed·and graded in 1874. During the next decade building activity along thestreet consisted of wood-frame business establishments and residences -- with thesingular exception of a brick building commissioned by C.B. Wright, president of theTacoma Land Company.

Local fires in 1884 and 1885, and the compelling example of the great fire whichdestroyed 25 blocks of Seattle's business district in 1889, prompted Tacoma to passordinances (in 1884 and 1889) regulating the thickness of walls and constructionmaterials of downtown business buildings. The typical image of western false frontshops gave way to brick and stone business blocks along Pacific Avenue.

In 1887, when the completion of the mainline link over Stampede Pass connectedTacoma to the transcontinental railroad network, an economic boom spurred intensivegrowth in the "City of Destiny." Building activity continued until the Panic of1893, and this short span marks the first period of substantial construction indowntown Tacoma. The Klondike gold rush at the end of the century and Tacoma's role(secondary to Seattle's, to be sure) as a port o! supply and embarkation helped therecover. The first decade of the twentieth century marks another historic periodof activity.

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The Pacific Avenue Historic District reflects these two periods of development inthe city's history. One-half of the properties (eight of sixteen) were constructedduring the first boom period (1887-1893), and four were built daring the firstdecade of the twentieth century. Existing together in this last remaining blockof historic properties in the CBD, they represent Tacoma's commercial heritage asexpressed' in its businesses, hotels, and office blocks.

Many of these buildings were created by newly arrived contractors -- carpentersand bricklayers who brought their skills to the frontier town. Some "architects"who came to practice were not professionally educated, but learned their trade onthe job. Others, who deserved the designation, are also associated with thePacific Avenue district. Most noteworthy, of course, is the nationally renownedChicago firm of Burnham & Root. The Pacific National Bank Building is one of twocommercial office buildings that they designed for Tacoma, but the only one re-maining. (Their Fidelity Bank Building has been demolished.)

Among the local architects represented, the name of Carl August Darmer is mostrevered. The carefully proportioned design and attention to detail whichcharacterize the Citizens Bank/Irving Buildings and the Branson Building are in-dicative of the quality and dependability of his work. Born in Prussia, where hereceived his academic and architectural training, Darmer immigrated to the UnitedStates in 1882 and settled in Tacoma three years later. He was taken into partner-ship by William E. Farrell, a Wisconsin native who appears to have had the typicalon-the-job training of frontier architect-builders. Their association lasted sixyears and included the boom period of Tacoma's growth, when they produced designsfor all kinds of structures in every conceivable style. Darmer then practicedalone for fifteen Years, later formed a partnership with Otis Cutting (1906-1914),and operated as Darmer & 'Company through the teens. Of the scores of buildingshe designed for Tacoma, fewer and fewer remain, and those that do are locatedmostly within existing historic districts. The Citizens Bank/Irving Buildings(1889) and the Branson Building (1891) are important as prime examples of Darmer'searly pre-depression style. The Cogswell & Meath Building (1908) reflects themore subdued style of the first decade of the new century.

Two additional local firms are associated with the district. The Baker and WolfBuildings (1889) were designed by Pickles & Sutton, possibly with the help ofDarmer. Albert Sutton was a graduate of the University of California at Berkeleyand during the eighties and nineties practiced in partnership with Pickles. Hewas later associated with Whitney and Dugan, and that firm designed many of Tacoma'soutstanding buildings.

Sutton also worked for a time with Ambrose J. Russell, one of Tacoma's best knownarchitects and a graduate of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. After working in H.H.Richardson's office in Boston and entering into a brief partnership with BernardMaybeck in Kansas City, Russell settled in Tacoma in 1892. His best known partner--ship was with Everett P. Babcock, an engineer sent from New York to oversee theconstruction of Tacoma's Carnegie Library. Together they accounted for numerousnoteworthy public and private buildings in the state. Their work is representedin the district by the McCormack Brothers department store (1911).

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Of the sixteen properties located on the block, eight are considered to be ofprimary significance because of their architectural distinction or because theirhistorically intact visual characteristics provide continuity in the streetscape.Four properties are classified as being of secondary significance because theiroriginal ~ppearance has been diminished but not obliterated by subsequent altera-tions. In a third category, four buildings are classified as intrusions becausetheir original 1880s facades have been totally obscured by modern facing materials.If successful removal of these claddings reveals substantially intact originalfacades, buildings of this group may later be placed in the primary or secondarycategories.

Classification of individual buildings has been noted in the Description and onthe accompanying map of the district.

Both the survey of cultural resources conducted by the City of Tacoma in1978-80and the rehabilitation study undertaken by the National Park Service in 1979singled out the 1300 block of Pacific Avenue as a distinctive remnant of Tacoma'sarchitectural and commercial heritage. Its significance as an intact block ofhistorically important commercial buildings from Tacoma's first two periods ofdevelopment, and its key role as a link between the two existing historic districts,make it a crucial element in the city's historic preservation plan for downtownTacoma.

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10. Geographical Da~aAcreage 01nomlnaled property __ 1......,6"- _Quadrengle name Tacoma North. Washington - Pierce Co,UMT Relerencea Tacoma South. Washington - Pierce Co.

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Llat all states and counties lor properties overlapping state or county boundaries

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11. Form Prepared Bynameltltle ,Shirley L. Courtois. Architectural Historian

organization date December 3. 1982

street & number 4021 E. Highland Drive lelephone (206) 325-9346

city or town Seattle state Washington 98112

12. State Historic Preservation Officer CertificationThe evaluated slgnillcance 01this property within the state Is:

_ national __ state ~ localAs Ihe deslgnaled Slate Hlslorlc Preservation Olllcer·lor me National Hlslorlc Preservallon Acl 011966 (Public Law 89-665). I hereby nomlnale Ihls property lor Inclusion In Ihe Nallonal Reglsler and certify that It has been evalualedaccording 10Ihe crllerla and procedures sellorth by Ihe Nallonal Park Service.

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9. MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES

Andersen, Dennis A., "Carl August Darmer: Architect for the City of Destiny,"Pacific Northwest Quarterly, vol. 71, no. 1, January 1980, pp. 24-30.

Darmer, C; .A., "Review of the Architectural Work in the Building Constructionof the Pacific Northwest, particularly in Tacoma, Washington, ascarried out by C.A. Darmer, Architect." Unpublished typescript inNorthwest Room, Tacoma Public Library. (no date)

Darmer, Carl August. Original ink.on linen drawings and blueprints forvarious Tacoma buildings. Special Collections, University ofWashington Library, Seattle.

National Park Service, Tacoma: The Union Depot District. 1979 RehabilitationStudy. NPS Project Report.

Tacoma Daily Ledger, 1888-1909

10. GEOGRAPHICAL DATA

Verbal boundary description:

Beginning at a point where the centerline of South 13th Street intersectswith the centerline of South Commerce Street; thence southerly along thecenterline of South Commerce Street, parallel to the western property lineof Block 1304, New Tacoma Addition to the City of Tacoma, 760 feet to theintersection of the centerline of South Commerce Street and the centerlineof South 15th Street; thence easterly along the centerline of South 15thStreet, parallel to the southern property line of Block 1304, 190 feet tothe intersection of South 15th Street and the centerline of Pacific Avenue;thence, northerly along the centerline of Pacific Avenue, parallel to theeastern property line of Block 1304, 760 feet to the intersection of thecenterline of Pacific Avenue and the centerline of South 13th Street;thence westerly along the centerline of South 13th Street, parallel to thenorthern property line of Block 1304, 190 feet to the point of beginning.

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