Point Defiance Pavilion


Status: Demolished

Created: May 6, 1919- March 22, 1925
Address: 5912 N WATERFRONT DR. TACOMA


Twenty three technical drawings for the Point Defiance Pavilion, created by A.J. Russell and Earl N. Dugan submitted in a series of "units" over 5/6/1919, 2/22/1921 and 3/22/1925. While the name Point Defiance Pavilion sometimes refers to the octagonal structure on what is now the Point Defiance Marina, these plans refer to the structure closer to the water which often took the same name. According to Edwin D. Ferris' original designs, this structure was originally a bathhouse, then became a restaurant and finally converted to an aquarium before the building was destroyed by a fire in 1972.


Point Defiance Pavilion
Point Defiance Pavilion
Richards Studio (D7207-6), 04-24-1938
Courtesy Tacoma Public Library Northwest Room
Point Defiance Pavilion Overhead
Point Defiance Pavilion Overhead
Richards Studio (D34612-73), c.a. 1934
Courtesy Tacoma Public Library Northwest Room