Key Bank Center

Key Bank Center
National Realty Company Bldg, Tacoma, Washington.jpg
Postcard published c.1910s
Former names National Realty Building
Puget Sound National Bank Building
General information
Type Commercial offices
Location 1119 Pacific Avenue
Tacoma, Washington
Coordinates
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)
Elevator count 3
Design and construction
Architect Heath, Gove and Bell
References
[1][2]

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 west of the Mississippi River until surpassed by Seattle's Smith Tower in 1914.

The tower, with marble quarried in Alaska, was designed by Frederick Heath.[3]

References

  1. ^ Key Bank Center at Emporis
  2. ^ Key Bank Center at SkyscraperPage
  3. ^ June Allen (Wednesday, 20 October 2004). "The State Capitol and Its Marble and Keeping the Capital in Juneau". Stories In The News. http://www.sitnews.us/JuneAllen/AKCapitol/102004_alaska_capitol.html. Retrieved 26 August 2010. 

External links

Timeline of the tallest buildings west of the Mississippi

Central Tower (91 m) (1898) · Key Bank Center (71 m) (1911) · Smith Tower (141 m) (1914) · Kansas City Power and Light Building (145.1 m) (1931) · Mercantile National Bank Building (166 m) (1942) · Republic Center (183 m) (1954) · Sheraton Dallas Hotel (183 m) (1959) · ExxonMobil Building (185 m) (1963) · Elm Place (191 m) (1965) · 555 California Street (237 m) (1969) · Transamerica Pyramid (260 m) (1972) · Aon Center (262 m) (1973) · JPMorgan Chase Tower (305 m) (1982) · U.S. Bank Tower (310 m) (1990)

Pioneer Building (28 m) (1892) · Alaska Building (51 m) (1904) · Hoge Building (60 m) (1911) · Key Bank Center* (71 m) (1911) · Smith Tower (141 m) (1914) · Space Needle (184 m) (1962) · Safeco Plaza (192 m) (1969) · Columbia Center (285 m) (1985)
*Key Bank Center is located in Tacoma and was only the tallest in Washington when completed.