The extended Chambers family were among the earliest settlers in Thurston County. David and Elizabeth Chambers’ sons Andsworth and Walter set up as butchers in Olympia, with a long-running shop, pictured here, at the southeast corner of Fourth Avenue and Washington Street. Andsworth also served as Olympia mayor and developed the Chambers Block building at Capitol and Fourth.
Courtesy State Capital Museum collection, Washington State Historical Society, catalog C1949.3.68
Text © Deborah Ross and The Olympian 2022