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Architectural historians Sally Woodbridge and Roger Montgomery, in their Guide to Architecture in Washington State: An Environmental Perspective, said of the Larson Building: "Over the first half of the twentieth century a respectable set of buildings grew up to embellish downtown [Yakima] and give it a distinct image. Among them Maloney's Larson Building serves as the exemplary regional counterpart of Albertson's magnificent Seattle Tower, the masterpiece of Moderne architecture in the state." The authors exulted in the Art Deco/Streamline Moderne exterior: "It is both Yakima's principal landmark and its most interesting architectural jewel. On the exterior, setbacks in the then most fashionable mode give it a characteristic profile; and a rich materials palette of salmon-covered brick, black granite, travertine, bronzr, terra cotta, and copper enlivens the surfaces." (See Sally Woodbridge and Roger Montgomery, Guide to Architecture in Washington State: An Environmental Perspective, [Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1980], p. 377-378.)

The first floor retail spaces have been remodeled several times, once very obtrusively by a bank.

PCAD id: 4734