Perkins Building

[1] It was constructed with a rigid frame and brick facade in the Chicago School architectural style.

[1] The building's size was doubled in 1909 with the addition of the southern half at 1105-1107 A Street.

The 8-story structure was chosen in part for its capacity and functioned as UWT's home during the construction of a permanent campus further south.

[1] In the 1990s it was the temporary home to University of Washington Tacoma while their downtown campus was under construction.

[1] In 2004 the building was converted to residential condominiums, office and retail space at a cost of 9 million dollars.