Luzon Building

Not to be confused with Luzon Apartment Building.

The Luzon Building was a historic six-story building at 1302 Pacific Avenue in downtown Tacoma, Washington designed by Chicago architects Daniel Burnham and John Root.^[3][4]

Luzon Building
Luzon Building prior to demolition
Former names	Pacific National Bank Vanderbilt Building Argonne Building State Building
General information
Type	Commercial offices
Architectural style	Chicago school, commercial style
Location	1302 Pacific Avenue Tacoma, Washington
Coordinates	47.251155°N 122.438507°W / 47.251155; -122.438507
Construction started	1890
Completed	approx. 8 February 1891
Demolished	26 September 2009
Height
Roof	88.00 ft (26.82 m)
Technical details
Floor count	6
Lifts/elevators	1
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Burnham and Root
Pacific National Bank Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Area	less than one acre
Built	1891 (1891)
NRHP reference No.	80004008[1]
Added to NRHP	7 March 1980
References
[2]

Window detail, Luzon Building prior to demolition

The Luzon was built in 1890–1891 as the Pacific National Bank, which had a first floor entrance on Pacific Avenue and a second floor entrance on Commerce Street. Both floors contained businesses such as W.L. Davis & Sons Co. Furniture and Chaddy & Son Tailors in addition to the bank; the upper four stories were living space.

The building was named "Luzon" in 1901, after the largest island in the Philippines, where on July 1 of that year William Howard Taft inaugurated establishment of American civil government of the Philippines.

The building was demolished on September 26, 2009, despite efforts by local preservationists.^[5][6]