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Tacoma, Washington
U.S. Post Office, Court House, and Custom House (1931)
Completed in 1910.
Supervising Architect: James Knox Taylor
Extension completed in 1931.
Supervising Architect of extension: James A. Wetmore
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington met here until 1992; the U.S. Circuit Court for the Western District of Washington met here until that court was abolished in 1912.
Still in use as a post office.


Source: National Archives, RG 121-BS, Box 94, Folder G

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