Mount Rainier, August 20, 1984

Pantages Theatre & Jones Building

The site on which the building was constructed has particular importance in the history of Tacoma commerce. William Jones, who commissioned the project, was a key figure in the development of the shipping industry and wheat trade in the northwest.

1918 initial construction

The building represents the earliest extant example of the architect B. Marcus Priteca's numerous theater-office building designs for the vaudeville magnate Alexander Pantages.

Pantages Theatre

Taverns

Carleton Hotel

Wickersham Triangle Building

Massasoit Hotel