Luzon Building

Tacoma, United States

Exterior only

Visible from the street; the inside is private.

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Designed by the renowned Chicago architects Daniel Burnham and John Root, the Luzon Building was a six-story structure completed in 1890–1891 at 1302 Pacific Avenue in downtown Tacoma, Washington. Built originally as the Pacific National Bank, the building exemplified the Chicago School style and housed banking operations on its ground and second floors alongside retail tenants such as a furniture company and tailor shop, while the upper four stories provided residential space. The building acquired its name "Luzon" in 1901, commemorating the largest Philippine island, in reference to the establishment of American civil government in the Philippines that year. Despite preservation efforts, the structure was demolished in 2009.