PCAD - Pantages Office Building and Theatre #2, Tacoma, WA

901 Broadway
Tacoma, WA 98402-4448

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Building History

As was the case with the Seattle Pantages Theatre #2, the Tacoma Pantages Theatre #2 was joined with a vaguely classical skyscraper office building, known as the Jones Building. The theatre opened 01/07/1918, occupying a rectangular plot, lining 100 feet on Ninth Street and 115 feet on Broadway in downtown Tacoma.

Building Notes

The Tacoma Pantages #2 seated 1,186.

Alteration

The Pantages was renovated in 1983 to serve as a performing arts center, now known as the Broadway Center for the Performing Arts.

PCAD id: 3209

Publications

Rasmussen, Cecilia, "L.A. Scene", Los Angeles Times, B3, 07/13/1992. "Pantages, Alexander, obituary", Motion Picture Herald, 28, 02/22/1936. Saloutos, Theodore, "Alexander Pantages, Theater Magnate of the West", Pacific Northwest Quarterly, 57: 4, 139-140, 1966-10. Rash, David A., "Schack, Young and Myers", Shaping Seattle Architecture, 157, 1994. "Yakima boasts healthy 'cousin' to the Pantages: City's successful Capitol Theater mirrors hopes for Tacoma project", Tacoma News Tribune, C10-C11, 08/16/1981.

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National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form New Pantages Theatre in Tacoma opens on January 7, 1918 Pantages (Roxy) Theatre

Pantages Office Building and Theatre #2, Tacoma, WA (1916-1918)

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