Northern Pacific Office Building - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Northern Pacific Office Building - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The Northern Pacific Office Building is a three-story historic office building in Tacoma, Washington that served as the headquarters of the Northern Pacific Railway's Tacoma division. Built in 1888, the brick, stucco, stone and cast iron structure stands on a high bluff overlooking the Commencement Bay harbor and extensive railroad switching yards that fan out across the tide flats below at the mouth of the Puyallup River where it flows into Puget Sound. The flats are densely developed with heavy industry that has grown up around the railroad facilities and the Port of Tacoma. The site was originally a choice location across from the Tacoma City Hall (extant and listed in the National Register) and at the north end of Pacific Avenue, the main street through the city's central business district.Norris, Kathleen J. and Jacob Thomas; Northern Pacific Office Building, No. 76001901; National Register of Historic Places, Registration Form; United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, May 4, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia
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