Disappointed Tourist
Ellen Harvey

Tacoma Building

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Demolished 1920

The Disappointed Tourist: Tacoma Building, Ellen Harvey, 2025. Oil and acrylic on Gessoboard, 24 x 18” (61 x 45.7 cm). Photograph: Etienne Frossard

Cool name and beautiful lost skyscraper. Requested by Anon.

Completed in 1889, it was the first major building designed by the architectural firm Holabird & Roche. The Tacoma Building was demolished in 1929 to be replaced by One North LaSalle.

Painting based on an old uncredited photograph.

No. 299