Location: 211 21st St SW mid-Century modern; South Capitol National Historic District; Popular Culture Welcoming pole installed at State Capital Museum 1963, Daily Olympian photo courtesy Washington State Historical Society Century 21 pole in 2015, photo by Deborah Ross The 1962 Century 21 World’s Fair in Seattle was a major event Puget Sound, garnering attention,…
Location: 1314-1316 Conger St NW mid-Century modern Jacob duplex, about 1959, Thurston County Assessor Jacob duplex today (2015), photo by Deborah Ross When it was erected in 1959, this represented an unusual design for a duplex. As can be seen in a 2002 photograph in the original DAHP inventory, the living quarters were cantilevered over the carports underneath,…
Location: 2932 Maringo Rd SE mid-Century modern; State Historic Register; Wohleb Trueman Schmidt House, 1950, Thurston County Assessor, Southwest Regional Archives Trueman Schmidt House today (2015), photo by Deborah Ross The Trueman and Virginia Schmidt house in the Governor Stevens neighborhood is one of several in Southeast Olympia designed by the Wohleb firm, and also one…
