Walsh and Gardner Building
1908 Pacific Avenue
Walsh and Gardner Building, 2022
Photo by Tacoma Economic Development Department, courtesy Tacoma Public Library Northwest Room (BN-310)
Photo by Tacoma Economic Development Department, courtesy Tacoma Public Library Northwest Room (BN-34)
Walsh and Gardner Building, 2022
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Walsh and Gardner Building
1908 Pacific Avenue
This large-windowed warehouse was built at the same time as Union Station, in 1911. It was designed by Carl August Darmer, the city’s foremost early architect. The building incorporated reinforced concrete on the side walls, an adventurous idea at the time, and a feature that distinguishes the building from most of its older brick and timber neighbors.
