Key Bank Center, formerly the Puget Sound National Bank Building, is a 16-floor
high-rise in
Tacoma, Washington
Tacoma ( ) is the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States. A port city, it is situated along Washington's Puget Sound, southwest of Seattle, northeast of the state capital, Olympia, Washington, Olympia, and northwest of Mount ...
. When completed as the National Realty Building in 1911, the tower was the tallest building in the state of
Washington
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* Washington (state), United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
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until surpassed by
Seattle
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's
Smith Tower
Smith Tower is a skyscraper in the Pioneer Square neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States. Completed in 1914, the 38-story, tower is the oldest skyscraper in the city and was among the tallest skyscrapers outside New York City at th ...
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.
The tower, with
marble
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quarried in
Alaska
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, was designed by
Frederick Heath.
References
External links
Images from 1926at the
Tacoma Public Library
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Buildings and structures in Tacoma, Washington
Commercial buildings completed in 1911
Frederick Heath buildings
1911 establishments in Washington (state)
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Skyscraper office buildings in Washington (state)