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  • The Society & Museum
    • About Us
    • Land Acknowledgement Statement
    • Mission Statement
    • Board
    • OHS-BHM Annual Reports to City Council
    • Strategic Plan
    • OHS & BHM Gerry L. Alexander Award for Outstanding Achievement in Heritage
    • OHS-BHM Vision Statement for Old City Hall & Fire Station
    • OHS-BHM Video/Photo Agreement
    • Membership
    • Contact Us
    • Get Involved!
  • Research Olympia history
    • Resources
      • Bibliography
      • Geographic Resources
      • Photos and films
      • Links
    • Where Are We? Historic and heritage sites
      • Interactive Map
      • Where Are We? Contents
    • Who are we? Area residents 1845-1930
    • The Sanborn Overlays – Introduction
      • The Sanborn Overlays – Instructions and Tips
      • 1884
      • 1891
      • 1908
      • 1924 and 1947
    • Sylvester’s Window
    • Many Streams – A Resource Guide
    • Queries
  • Bigelow House Museum
    • The Story of the Bigelow House
    • Bigelow House Photograph Collection
    • Meet the Bigelow Family
    • Visitor Information
    • Volunteer
  • Calendar of Events

Olympia Historical Society

Foursquare Church/Capital City Studios (burned down 2014)

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 9, 2012

Location: 911 4th Ave E Religion, Popular Culture Foursquare Congregation, 1941, Vibert Jeffers photograph, Susan Parish Collection, Southwest Regional Archives Capital City Studios today (2009), photo courtesy Jason Scragz, posted…

Fourth Avenue Bridge

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 9, 2012

Location: Fourth  Avenue Bridge Transportation Fourth Avenue bridge with drawspan open, ca. 1899, Ed Echtle collection, Olympia Historical Society                   Fourth Avenue…

Fox House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyNovember 28, 2013

Location: 2804 Orange St. mid-Century modern; Diversity: Racial covenants Fox House, 1946, Thurston County Assessor, Washington State Archives Fox House today (2013), Photo by Deb Ross Frederick Schmidt and his…

Free Methodist Church

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyNovember 11, 2013

Location: 1431 Legion Way SE Local register; Religious institutions Free Methodist church, 1961, courtesy Washington State Historical Society Free Methodist Church building today (2013) photograph by Deb Ross The Free…

French, Judge Arthur House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietySeptember 10, 2013

Location: 221 20th Ave SW Local register; South Capitol National Historic Neighborhood Judge French House 1948, Thurston County Assessor, Southwest Regional Archives Judge French House today (2013), photo by Marisa…

Fuller House and store (Central Drug)

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyMarch 28, 2015

Location: 1418 and 1428 4th Ave E Fuller House 1939, Thurston County Assessor, Southwest Regional Archives Fuller House today (2015), photo by Deb Ross William Fuller worked in a variety of trades in the…

Funk House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 9, 2012

Location: 1202 Olympia Ave NE National, State and Local Register, Olympia Avenue Local Historical District, Women’s History Funk House in 1939, Thurston County Assessor, State Archives Funk House today (2010),…

Garfield School

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 9, 2012

Location: 325 Plymouth St NW Schools Garfield School in 1919 (original location), State Library Photograph Collection, Digital Archives Garfield School today (2012) photograph by Matt Kennelly According to Olympia School…

George House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 9, 2012

Location: 125 17th St SE Local Register, South Capitol National Historic District   George House, 1940s, courtesy Washington State Historical Society   George House today (2010) photograph by Deb Ross …

Fall 2013 Newsletter – Table of Contents

Fall 2013By Olympia Historical SocietyOctober 22, 2013

President’s Message: Merger With Bigelow House Association In the Works, by Mark Foutch (Re)Discover Bigelow House! by Ed Echtle, President of Bigelow House Preservation Association Upcoming Changes on the Board: Thanks…

Echtle, (Re)Discover Bigelow House!

Articles, Fall 2013By Olympia Historical SocietyOctober 22, 2013

Ed Echtle, President of Bigelow House Preservation Association As those familiar with local history know, the Bigelow House Museum on Olympia’s east side is the oldest surviving home in town.…

Upcoming Changes on the Board: Thanks (but not Farewell) to Ralph Blankenship, with Statements from Proposed New Board Members

Fall 2013By Olympia Historical SocietyOctober 22, 2013

Ralph Blankenship not only personifies Olympia history in his family connections to several pioneer families, he has worked tirelessly to preserve and promote local history by serving on the OHS…

President’s Message: Merger With Bigelow House Association In the Works

Fall 2013By Olympia Historical SocietyOctober 22, 2013

Mark Foutch The boards of the Olympia Historical Society and the Bigelow House Preservation Association have been discussing a merger of our two organizations. Our boards, and others in the…

Support the Annual Historic Home Tour, December 8, 2013

Fall 2013By Olympia Historical SocietyOctober 22, 2013

Watch for more information in bulletins concerning docent volunteer opportunities, ticket sales, and other details. The annual tour of historic homes is by now a cherished tradition, kicking off the…

Goularte, Egbert-Ingham House, Built 1914

Articles, Fall 2013By Olympia Historical SocietyOctober 22, 2013

David Goularte [this article originally appeared in the Fall 2013 Olympia Historical Society Quarterly bulletin and has been updated by the author in 2023, 2024, and 2025]    The [Egbert-Ingham]…

Deb’s and Lanny’s Excellent Adventures in Tacoma

Fall 2013By Olympia Historical SocietyOctober 22, 2013

Deb Ross On a weekly basis, Members Lanny Weaver and Deb Ross catalogue the State Capital Museum collection now housed at the Washington State Historical Society (WSHS) in Tacoma. This…

Foutch: Origins of the Olympia Historical Society: part 4

Articles, Fall 2013By Olympia Historical SocietyOctober 22, 2013

Mark Foutch For the remainder of 2002, the Olympia Historical Society continued the process of “standing up” its permanent organization while performing its mission and responding to opportunities. Members elected…

Georgia Pacific/Washington Fish and Wildlife Building

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 9, 2012

Location: 600 Capitol Way N National Register, Wohleb, mid-Century modern Georgia Pacific building in 1950s, photo from DAHP Georgia Pacific building today  photograph from DAHP The plywood industry was an essential…

Gibbons House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyJanuary 7, 2014

Location: 1017 Capitol Way S Local register, Women’s History Jessie Gibbons and daughter Catherine, courtesy of Washington State Historical Society Gibbons House today (2013), photo by Deb Ross This large…

Gilbert House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyMay 25, 2013

Location: 331 Rogers St NW Local register Gilbert House, 1939, Thurston County  Assessor, Washington State Archives Gilbert House now (2013), photo by Deb Ross This is another example of the modest but attractive…

Giles House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 9, 2012

Location: 727 West Bay Drive NW State Register Giles House, 1939, photo from Thurston County Assessor, Washington State Archives   Giles House today  (2010), photo by Deborah Ross The Charles…

Glass House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyJanuary 1, 2015

Location: 514 Quince St NE Local Register; Religious communities Glass House, 1970, photo from Thurston County Assessor, Washington State Archives Glass House today  (2014), photo by Deborah Ross The Glass House near the…

Glidden Duplex

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyApril 15, 2015

Location: 1601-1603 Capitol Way S Wohleb; South Capitol National Historic Neighborhood Glidden Duplex, 1938, Thurston County Assessor, Washington State Archives Glidden Duplex today (2015), photograph by Deborah Ross Demonstrating once again the amazing…

Glidden House-523 Central

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyNovember 2, 2013

Location: 523 Central St SE Glidden House-523 Central, 1970, Thurston County Assessor, Washington State Archives Glidden House-523 Central today (2013), photograph by Deborah Ross The house at 523 Central Avenue…

Gloria Dei Lutheran first site

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyMay 26, 2013

Location: Southwest corner Adams and 5th Religious institutions, Women’s history; Diversity:  Scandinavians Gloria Dei Lutheran, 1949, Courtesy of Gloria Dei Lutheran church Former site of Gloria Dei Lutheran today (2013), photo by…

Gloria Dei – second site

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyJune 8, 2015

Location: 1515 Harrison Ave NW Religious institutions; mid-Century modern Gloria Dei Lutheran in 1961, before addition, courtesy Washington State Historical Society Gloria Dei Lutheran Church today (2015), photo by Deborah Ross The Gloria Dei…

Goddard House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyJanuary 5, 2015

Location: 212 Rogers St NW Goddard House, 1966, Thurston County Assessor, Southwest Regional Archives Goddard House today (2014), Photo by Deb Ross Built in 1905, the Goddard House is one of the older…

Goldberg’s Building/site of McKenny Block/Crane’s Cafe/Yenney’s building

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 9, 2012

Location: 403 Capitol Way S Downtown National Historic District, Diversity: Jewish Heritage,  Mid-century McKenny Block around 1891, Drawing by Edward Lange from Olympia Tribune Souvenir Issue 1891, Washington  State Library Goldberg’s Building…

Golden Gavel Motel building

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyJune 25, 2014

Location: 909 Capitol Way SE Transportation; mid-Century modern Golden Gavel Motel, 1960s, Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation Golden Gavel Motel building today (2014), Photo by Deb Ross The Golden Gavel Motel building was…

Goodyear Tire Company Building/First site of United Presbyterian

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyMay 25, 2013

Location: 421 4th Ave E Wohleb; Transportation; Religious institutions United Presbyterian Church, undated, courtesy of Westminster Presbyterian Goodyear tire building (2013), photo by Deb Ross  United Presbyterian Church, now Westminster Presbyterian…

Goss House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietySeptember 16, 2013

Location: 208 20th Ave SW Local register; South Capitol National Historic Neighborhood Goss House 1937, Thurston County Assessor, Southwest Regional Archives Goss House today (2013), photo by Marisa Merkel An…

Gottfeld’s

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 9, 2012

Location: 213 4th Ave E Downtown National Historic District, Wohleb, Transportation 4th Avenue looking east, mid 1940s, with Gottfeld’s halfway down on right,  Private Postcard Collection Gottfeld’s Building today (2012)…

Governor Hotel/Silsby Grocery/St. John’s Episcopal site

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 9, 2012

Location: 621 Capitol Way S mid-Century modern, Religious institutions Governor House, about 1890 Photograph from Digital Archives Governor Hotel today – Pride Weekend (2012), Photo by Deborah Ross As the capital…

Governor’s Mansion

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 9, 2012

Location: Capitol Campus Women’s History, Diversity: Chinese Governor’s Mansion 1955, photo from Digital Archives Governor’s Mansion today (2010), photo from Governor’s Mansion Foundation Text and page researched and written in…

Greyhound Depot/Site of Harris house

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 9, 2012

Location: 107 7th Ave SE Transportation; Diversity: Jewish heritage; National Downtown Historic District Parade for dead Spanish-American war soldiers, 1900, with Harris house in background, photo courtesy of Washington State…

Grimm Brothers brickyard site/Le May grocery

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyNovember 20, 2013

Location: 1027 4th Ave E Grimm Brothers brickyard, ca. 1880, State Library Collection   Le May Market building now (2013) photograph by Deb Ross Brickyards existed in and around Olympia…

Grugan House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 9, 2012

Location: 1120 5th Ave SW Grugan House in 1938, photo from Thurston County Assessor, Washington State Archives   Grugan House today (2010), photo by Deb Ross This well proportioned and…

Gruhlke House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyJanuary 14, 2015

Location: 1114-1116 8th Ave SE Popular culture Gruhlke House in 1991, poster for Olympia punk rock compilation album, courtesy City of Olympia Gruhlke House today (2014), photo by Deb Ross…

Guyot House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyApril 23, 2014

Location: 902 Olympia Ave NE Local register, Olympia Avenue Local Historic District Guyot House 1965, Thurston County Assessor, Southwest Regional Archives Guyot House today(2014), photo by Deb Ross The Guyot House…

Hale Block

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 9, 2012

Location: 502 4th Ave E Local register; Women’s history; Religious institutions Hale Block, 1914, photo courtesy of Washington State Historical Society Hale Block today (2012) photograph by Matt Kennelly Pamela (or…

Hale House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 9, 2012

Location: 902 Tullis St NE National, State, and Local registers, Women’s History Hale House 1939, Thurston County Assessor Photo, Washington State Archives   Hale House today (2010), photo by Deb…

Hamley House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyJuly 1, 2014

Location: 3008 Lorne St SE Local register Hamley House, 1941, Thurston County Assessor, Southwest Regional Archives Hamley House today (2014), photo by Deb Ross The Hamley House was built in 1940…

Hanson, Louise Duplex (White House Press Building) (demolished)

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyApril 14, 2015

Location: 1417-1419 Columbia St SW Women’s History  Louise Hanson Duplex (White House Press Building), 1969, Thurston County assessor, Southwest Regional Archives Louise Hanson Duplex today (2015), photo by Deb Ross Louise Hanson,…

Hanson, Ole C. House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyDecember 22, 2013

Location: 1607 Columbia St SW Local register; South Capitol Neighborhood National Historic District; Wohleb; Diversity: Scandinavians Ole C Hanson House, 1937, Thurston County assessor, Southwest Regional Archives Ole C Hanson House…

Harbst Service Station

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyApril 4, 2015

Location: 728 4th Ave E Transportation   Harbst Service Station building, 1964, Thurston County Assessor, Southwest Regional Archives Harbst Service Station today (2015), photo by Deb Ross In 1916, at the dawn…

Harbst Tire building/Site of Olympia Fire Co. No. 2

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 13, 2014

Location: 407 Columbia St SW Downtown National Historic District;  Wohleb; Diversity: African Americans; Transportation Olympia Fire Co. No. 2, 1891, courtesy of Washington State Historical Society Harbst Tire Building today…

Harmon House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietySeptember 24, 2013

Location: 1532 Columbia St SW Local register; South Capitol National Historic Neighborhood; Diversity: Scandinavians Harmon House, 1939, Thurston County Assessor, Southwest Regional Archives Harmon House today (2013), photo by Marisa…

Harmony House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietySeptember 25, 2013

Location: 1603 Columbia St SW Local register; South Capitol National Historic Neighborhood Harmony House, 1939, Thurston County Assessor, Southwest Regional Archives Harmony House today (2013), photo by Marisa Merkel Kitty-corner…

Harris Dry Goods/Grainger Stable site

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 9, 2012

Location: 518 Capitol Way Southeast Local Register, Downtown Olympia National Historical District, Diversity: Jewish Heritage; Transportation Harris Dry Goods Building interior, 1943, Vibert Jeffers photograph, Susan Parish Collection, Washington State…

Hart-Dawley House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyMarch 8, 2014

Location: 121 24th Ave SE Local register; South Capitol National Historic Neighborhood Hart-Dawley House 1940, Thurston County Assessor, Southwest Regional Archives Hart-Dawley House today (2014), photo by Deb Ross This…

Hartung House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyMay 26, 2015

Location: 416 Carlyon Ave SE Wohleb Hartung House 1941, Thurston County Assessor, Southwest Regional Archives Hartung House today (2015), photo by Deb Ross Dr. Frank Hartung commissioned Joseph Wohleb in 1939 to…

Henderson, Harriet House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 9, 2012

Location: 503 Puget St NE Women’s History, Popular Culture Henderson House, 1950, photo from Thurston County Assessor, State Archives   Henderson House now (2010), photo by Deborah Ross   This…

Heritage Bank/Site of organization of First Presbyterian/Eads Transfer site

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 9, 2012

Location: 221 5th Ave SW mid-Century modern; Religious institutions Site of organization of First Presbyterian Church, photograph by Asahel Curtis, date unknown, United Churches of Olympia   Heritage Bank today…

Heritage Fountain/Site of Little Hollywood, Armory

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 9, 2012

Location: 315 4th Ave W Diversity: Immigrants Little Hollywood, 1950, after its partial demolition, Olympia Fire Department Collection, Digital Archives Heritage Fountain now (2010), photo from City of Olympia Before…

Hibberd & Cole Building/Postal Telegraph/Carroll House site

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyMarch 26, 2014

Location: 522 Capitol Way S Local register; Downtown National Historic District; Women’s History Main Street with Carroll House, 1876 (detail), courtesy of Washington State Historical Society Hibberd & Cole Building today…

Highmiller House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietySeptember 19, 2014

Location: 1200 Terrace Lane SW Local Register   No vintage photograph for this home has been located. If you have one to share, please contact us Highmiller House today (2014), photograph by…

Hinkle House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyJanuary 6, 2014

Location: 2604 Capitol Way S Local register, South Capitol National Historic District Hinkle House 1937, Thurston County Assessor, Southwest Regional Archives Hinkle House today (2013), photo by Deb Ross This…

Holbrook House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 9, 2012

Location: 503 Foote St SW Local register     Holbrook House 1966, Thurston County Assessor Photo, Washington State Archives   Holbrook House today (2016), photo by Ron Barnhart Built in 1892,…

Hollocraft House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyJanuary 27, 2015

Location: 314 Legion Way SE Hollocraft House 1964, Thurston County Assessor Photo, Washington State Archives Hollocraft House today (2014), photo by Deb Ross The Foursquare-style Hollocraft home was built in 1907…

Hosking House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyDecember 1, 2013

Location: 1404 28th Ave SE local register, Wohleb, mid-Century modern Hosking House, 1940, Thurston County Assessor, Washington State Archives Hosking House today (2013), Photo by Deb Ross Frederick Schmidt and…

Hotel Olympian/Site of Eugley & Musgrove Millinery

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 9, 2012

Location: 116 Legion Way SE Downtown National Historical  District, Women’s History Hotel Olympian by Jeffers, 1954. Susan Parish Photograph Collections, Washington State Archives Hotel Olympian today (2012), Photo courtesy of Matthew…

Howard Point

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyMay 9, 2021

Location: East Bay Drive, across from Meyer-Riddle House Diversity: African-Americans Detail from Whitham and Page map, 1890, Washington State Archives     View of Howard Point from East Bay  Drive…

Howell House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyMay 25, 2013

Location: 413 Quince St NE Local register Howell House, 1939, Thurston County  Assessor, Washington State Archives Howell House today (2013), photo by Matt Kennelly The Howell House on Quince Street is an…

Hubbard House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyOctober 9, 2013

Location: 119 17th Ave SW Local register; South Capitol National Historic Neighborhood  Hubbard House, 1937, Thurston County Assessor, Southwest Regional Archives Hubbard House today (2013), photo by Deb Ross This…

Huesing House/Orchard Park Plat

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 19, 2014

Location: 1923 Division St NW Local register Huesing House, 1936, Thurston County Assessor, Southwest Regional Archives Huesing House today (2014), photo by Deb Ross In 1892 Samuel Woodruff, member of an…

President’s Column – Summer 2013

Summer 2013By Olympia Historical SocietyJune 28, 2013

Mark Foutch A lot has been happening this Spring, and it feels like we’re really getting traction toward a number of the Society’s goals. A few examples: Our absolutely outstanding…

Table of Contents – Summer 2013

Summer 2013By Olympia Historical SocietyJune 28, 2013

President’s Column – Summer 2013 Mark Foutch Temple Beth Hatfiloh is 75! Anne Kilgannon and Beth Dubey Have an Historic Summer Stay-Cation Anne Kilgannon Origins of Olympia Historical Society, Chapter…

Have an Historic Stay-cation and Come Home with Memories

Summer 2013By Olympia Historical SocietyJune 28, 2013

Anne Kilgannon We’d been talking about doing a field trip for years, so last year on my birthday my friend picked me up on a beautiful sunny day and we…

Kilgannon: Temple Beth Hatfiloh is 75!

Articles, Summer 2013By Olympia Historical SocietyJune 28, 2013

Anne Kilgannon, with thanks to Beth Dubey for background information. Louis Bettman arrived in Olympia and set up a general merchandise store in 1853. Within a year, two other establishments with…

We Like to Hear from You!

Summer 2013By Olympia Historical SocietyJune 28, 2013

Anne  Kilgannon As President Mark Foutch reports above, the Olympia Historical Society is actively pursuing its mission and goals, and invites our members and readers of this newsletter to join…

Origins of the Olympia Historical Society, Chapter 3

Summer 2013By Olympia Historical SocietyJune 28, 2013

Mark Foutch   The first two chapters of this history described the Society’s early organizing efforts beginning in 2001, leading to formalizing the organization and its incorporation in February 2002.…

Lanny’s and Deb’s Excellent Adventures

Summer 2013By Olympia Historical SocietyJune 28, 2013

On a weekly basis, Members Lanny Weaver and Deb Ross catalogue the State Capital Museum collection now housed at the Washington State Historical Society (WSHS) in Tacoma. This project is…

Hurley House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyDecember 15, 2014

Location: 1204 4th Ave E Hurley House, 1937, Thurston County Assessor, Southwest Regional Archives Hurley House today (2014), photo by Deb Ross This handsome Foursquare style home was built in 1911…

Hursey House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyOctober 6, 2013

Location: 1309 Bigelow Ave NE Local register Hursey House, 1936, Thurston County Assessor, Southwest Regional Archives Hursey House today (2013), photo by Marisa Merkel The Hursey House is a small…

Insurance Building

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 9, 2012

Location: 302 Sid Snyder Ave SW Washington State Capitol National Historic District  Insurance Building, 1920s, State Library Photograph Collection, Digital Archives Insurance Building today (2012) photograph by Matt Kennelly The…

Israel House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyMay 25, 2013

Location: 2732 Capitol Boulevard S Local register Israel House, 1936, Thurston County  Assessor, Washington State Archives Israel House today (2013), photo by Matt Kennelly The George Israel House on Capitol Way is…

Iverson House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 1, 2015

Location: 208 West Bay Dr NW Transportation Iverson House at far right, 1903, detail from Edward Lange drawing, Olympia, the Capital on Puget Sound, Washington, Library of Congress collection Iverson House today…

Jacob Duplex

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyJune 9, 2015

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…

Jacaranda (Genoa’s) Restaurant (demolished)

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 14, 2019

Location: 1675 Marine Drive NE mid-Century modern   Jacaranda Restaurant about 1983, City of Olympia Planning Department, Washington State Archives   Anthony’s Hearthfire today (2020), courtesy Anthony’s For the 1962…

James House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 9, 2012

Location: 1303 4th Ave E James House, 1937, photo from Thurston County Assessor, Washington State Archives   James House today  (2010), photo by Deborah Ross The Edwin James House was…

Jeffers Building

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 9, 2012

Location: 500 Washington St SE Local, State and National Registers, Downtown National Historic District, Wohleb Jeffers Building around 1914, photograph by Joe Jeffers, courtesy of Washington State Historical Society Jeffers Building…

Jeffers, Hugh House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyMarch 19, 2015

Location: 218 19th St SW South Capitol National Historic Neighborhood Hugh Jeffers House, 1939, Thurston County Assessor, Southwest Regional Archives Hugh Jeffers House today (2015), photo by Deb Ross The Hugh Jeffers House is one…

Jeffers, Joseph House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyMarch 11, 2015

Location: 2109 East Bay Drive NE Local register?, Wohleb Joseph Jeffers House, 1939, Thurston County Assessor, Southwest Regional Archives Joseph Jeffers House today (2015), photo by Deb Ross Joseph Jeffers arrived in Olympia as an infant…

Jefferson Apartments

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 9, 2012

Location: 114-118 Jefferson St NE National  Register, State Register, Local Register, Women’s History Jefferson Apartments, 1964, Thurston County Assessor’s photograph from Southwest Regional Archives   Jefferson Apartments today (2011), photo by…

Jewett House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 6, 2015

Location: 205 Maple Park Ave South Capitol National Historic Neighborhood Jewett House, 1947, Thurston County Assessor’s photograph from Southwest Regional Archives Jewett House today (2015), photo by Deborah Ross In the early…

Johnson Building

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyMarch 2, 2015

Location: 700 4th Ave E Johnson Building 1965, Thurston County Assessor’s photograph from Southwest Regional Archives Johnson Building today (2015), photo by Deborah Ross The Johnson Building was erected some time between 1920…

Jones House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyMay 25, 2013

Location: 915 Legion Way SE Local register Jones House, 1939, Thurston County  Assessor, Washington State Archives Jones House now (2013), photo by Deb Ross This well-preserved Pioneer style home was likely built…

Kaler house

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 9, 2012

Location: 909 Glass Ave NE Local Register Kaler House, 1939, Thurston County Assessor’s photograph from Southwest Regional Archives   Kaler House today (2011), photo by Deborah Ross The Kaler House is…

Kearney House/YWCA

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyMay 29, 2013

Location: 220 Union Ave SE Local register, Women’s History, Religious Institutions YWCA (Kearney House) 1961, courtesy Washington State Historical Society Kearney House now, photo by YWCA of Olympia This fine…

Kelley Building

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 9, 2012

Location: 501 4th Ave E Local register Kelley Building, 1964, Thurston County Assessor, Washington State Archives    Kelley Building today (2013), photo by Deb Ross The Kelley building was erected…

Kelly House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyJune 12, 2014

Location: 430 Percival St NW Local register Kelly House, 1939, Thurston County Assessor, Southwest Regional Archives Kelly House today (2014), photo by Deb Ross The Kelly House is one of several homes on Percival and…

Echtle, A Brief History of the South Sound Country

ArticlesBy Olympia Historical SocietyMay 29, 2013

by Edward Echtle The Olympia area presents numerous opportunities to learn about the people and places of our past.  In rural areas, many historic places survive relatively unchanged from the…

Kent, Earl and Adele complex

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyJune 5, 2015

Location: 2155 East Bay Drive NE mid-Century modern Earl and Adele Kent complex, 1946, Thurston County Assessor, Southwest Regional Archives Earl and Adele Kent complex today (2015), photo by Deborah Ross The Earl…

Kevin House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietySeptember 28, 2013

Location: 2009 Columbia St SW Local register; South Capitol National Historic Neighborhood Kevin House, 1939, Thurston County Assessor, Southwest Regional Archives Kevin House today (2013), photo by Marisa Merkel The…

Kevin/Cammarano House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietySeptember 10, 2013

Location: 203 20th Ave SW Local register; South Capitol National Historic Neighborhood Kevin/Cammarano House (1938), Thurston County Assessor, Southwest Regional Archives Kevin/Cammarano House today (2013), photo by Marisa Merkel This…

KGY Building

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyMay 27, 2014

Location: 1700 Marine Drive NE mid-Century modern; Wohleb; National Register (accepted Oct 2024) KGY Building, 1960s, KGY Archives KGY Building today (2014), photo by Deb Ross The KGY Building is one of…

Kincy Hardware

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyMay 25, 2013

Location: 512 4th Ave E Kincy Hardware building after the 1949 earthquake, William P. Conser photograph, courtesy of Washington State Historical Society Kincy Hardware building today (2013), photo by Matt Kennelly The…

Klaumbush House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyOctober 12, 2013

Location: 101 Olympic Way SW Local register Klaumbush House, 1939, Thurston County Assessor, Southwest Regional Archives Klaumbush House today (2013), photo by Deb Ross This well-maintained early Craftsman style home…

Knox Apartments site/Warbass home site

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 9, 2012

Location: 166 Washington St NE Knox Hotel and Apartments, 1914, photo by Robert Esterly, courtesy of Washington State Historical Society   Location today (2012), photo by Deb Ross Another example of…

Kornmesser House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyOctober 13, 2013

Location: 407 Olympic Way SW Women’s History Kornmesser House 1966, Southwest Regional Archives, Thurston County Assessor Kornmesser House today (2013), photo by Deb Ross The Kornmesser Home sits on the…

Kuhns House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyApril 7, 2015

Location: 1102 Legion Way SE Kuhns House 1970, Southwest Regional Archives, Thurston County Assessor Kuhns House today (2015), photo by Deb Ross This distinctive house at the corner of Eastside Street…

Laberee House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 9, 2012

Location: 1910 Water St SW Local register, South Capitol National District   No vintage scanned image is available. If you have one, or would like to sponsor the scanning of…

Lackey Duplex

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyJune 3, 2015

Location: 2711 Adams St SE Women’s History; Wohleb; Local Register Lackey Duplex, 1947, Thurston County Assessor, Southwest Regional Archives Lackey Duplex today (2015), photo by Deborah Ross In the early 1940s, Lillian Lackey,…

Lane House (Seven Gables)

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 9, 2012

Location: 1205 West Bay Drive NW State Register Lane House, 1939, photo from Thurston County Assessor, Washington State Archives   Lane House today  (2010), photo by Deborah Ross The George…

Lassen House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyJune 3, 2014

Location: 424 Rogers St NW local register, Rogers Street Historic District Lassen House, 1937, Thurston County Assessor, Southwest Regional Archives Lassen House today (2014), photo by Deb Ross The Lassen House is…

La Villa – Meeker Mansion

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietySeptember 16, 2014

Location: 1010 Rogers St SW Local Register   La Villa-Meeker House, 1937, Thurston County Assessor, Southwest Regional Archives La Villa-Meeker House today (2014), photograph by Deb Ross Erected between 1930 and 1935, La…

Lea House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyJanuary 31, 2015

Location: 403 Maple Park Ave SE South Capitol National Historic Neighborhood   Lea House, 1939, Thurston County Assessor, Southwest Regional Archives Lea House today (2014), photograph by Deb Ross In the early…

Lee, Elizabeth and Ralph House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 28, 2018

Location: 118 19th Ave SW Local register; South Capitol National Historic Neighborhood Elizabeth and Ralph Lee House, ca. 1939, Thurston County Assessor, Southwest Regional Archives Elizabeth and Ralph Lee House today…

Legion Way trees

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyNovember 5, 2013

Location: Legion Way between Plum and Central Local registered site Tree in front of Washington School, probably 1930s, detail from Merle Junk photograph, Susan Parish Collection, Washington State Archives Legion Way…

Leitgeb Weeping Cherry – removed

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyNovember 4, 2013

Location: 1021 8th Ave SE City of Olympia landmark tree The Leitgeb children in front of the tree, 1955, courtesy of the Leitgeb family            …

Le May House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietySeptember 29, 2014

Location: 434 Percival St NW Local register Le May House, 1939, Thurston County Assessor, Southwest Regional Archives Le May House today (2014), photo by Deb Ross The Le May House, built…

Le May/Hedges House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyNovember 11, 2015

Location: 603 Governor Stevens Ave SE Le May/Hedges House, 1937, Thurston County Assessor, Southwest Regional Archives Le May/Hedges House today (2015), photo by Shanna Stevenson Ernest and Mildred Le May built…

Le May/Leonardson House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyNovember 11, 2015

Location: 822 Governor Stevens Ave SE Le May/Leonardson House, 1940, Thurston County Assessor, Southwest Regional Archives Le May/Hedges House today (2015), photo by Shanna Stevenson The Le May/Leonardson House, built in…

Le May Meat Market Building – Capitol Way

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 9, 2012

Location: 1023 Capitol Way S Le May Meat Market, around 1940, Southwest Regional Archives Daughters of the Pioneers collection   Le May Meat Market building today,  photograph by Deborah Ross (2015) In…

Les Schwab Building (demolished)/site of P.J. O’Brien’s Blacksmith

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 9, 2012

Location: 217 Columbia St NW Transportation; Diversity: Native American history P.J. O’Brien Blacksmith Shop around 1900, photograph courtesy of Washington State Historical Society Canoe Journey Mural on side of Les…

Lewis, H.L. House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyOctober 8, 2013

Location: 2405 Old Oregon Trail SW Local register; South Capitol National Historic Neighborhood  H.L. Lewis House, 1938, Thurston County Assessor, Southwest Regional Archives H.L. Lewis House today (2013), photo by…

Liberty Cafe building/William J. Yeager homesite

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyMarch 29, 2014

Location: 212 4th Ave E Downtown National Historic District Fourth Avenue looking west, Yeager Home on right, about 1874, left side of a stereograph, courtesy Washington State Historical Society Liberty…

Lilly House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyJune 12, 2013

Location: 918 San Francisco St NE Local register Lilly House, 1939, Thurston County Assessor, Washington State Archives Lilly House today (2013) photo by Deb Ross At the crest of San Francisco…

Lincoln School

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyAugust 6, 2013

Location: 213 21st Ave SE Local register; South Capitol National Historic District; Wohleb; Women’s History; Schools                 Lincoln School, 1925-1935, State Archives, Susan Parish…

Lo Ma Villa (Muench House)

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyJanuary 27, 2014

Location: 2621 Capitol Way S Local register; South Capitol National Historic Neighborhood; Women’s History Lo Ma Villa 1939, Thurston County Assessor, Southwest Regional Archives Lo Ma Villa today (2014), photo…

Lord Mansion (formerly site of State Capital Museum)

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietySeptember 3, 2013

Location: 211 21st Ave SW National, State and Local registers; South Capitol National Historic District; Wohleb; Women’s History Lord Mansion 1938, Thurston County  Assessor, Washington State Archives Lord Mansion today…

Lowry House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyOctober 28, 2014

Location: 1627 Dickinson St NW Lowry House, 1937, Thurston County  Assessor, Washington State Archives Lowry House today (2014), photo by Deb Ross The Lowry House was constructed in about 1890. At the…

Lucas House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 28, 2018

Location: 420 Carlyon St SE Local register Lucas House, 1953, Thurston County Assessor, Southwest Regional Archives Lucas House today (2018), photo by City of Olympia This home in the Carlyon neighborhood is…

Table of Contents, Spring 2013

Spring 2013By Olympia Historical SocietyMay 25, 2013

President’s Message Spring 2013 Mark Foutch Olympia in Minor League Baseball Emmett O’Connell Origins of the Olympia Historical Society, Chapter 2 Mark Foutch Deb and Lanny’s Excellent Adventure Deborah Ross…

Derricott: Personal Reflections of a Former Newsletter Editor

Articles, Spring 2013By Olympia Historical SocietyMay 25, 2013

By Mark Derricott, former editor of the OHS Newsletter I recently re-read a couple of my favorite books: The Histories by Herodotus and Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov.Aside from realizing that I was much…

Deb and Lanny’s Excellent Adventures

Spring 2013By Olympia Historical SocietyMay 25, 2013

On a weekly basis, Members Lanny Weaver and Deb Ross catalogue the State Capital Museum collection now housed at the Washington State Historical Society (WSHS) in Tacoma. This project is…

Foutch: Origins of the Olympia Historical Society, part 2

Articles, Spring 2013By Olympia Historical SocietyMay 25, 2013

By Mark Foutch, President Incorporation, Bylaws and Progress (If the exploratory and organizational meetings of 2001 could be considered “conception” and “birth,” then early in 2002 the Olympia Historical Society…

O’Connell: Olympia in Minor League Baseball

Articles, Spring 2013By Olympia Historical SocietyMay 25, 2013

By Emmett O’Connell In 1903 John P. Fink, a newspaper man and promoter, had an idea for a baseball league. Fink seemed to be a jack-of-all-trades sort of promoter in…

President’s Message Spring 2013

Spring 2013By Olympia Historical SocietyMay 25, 2013

By Mark Foutch, President It was ‘Standing Room Only” thanks especially to John Dodge’s great write-up in The Olympian, as we started off the year January 26 with a great…

Luepke/Talcott House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyJune 1, 2013

Location: 222 19th Ave SW Local Register, South Capitol National Historic District Talcott House 1939, Thurston County Assessor, Washington State Archives Talcott House today (2013), photo by Deb Ross This…

Lybarger House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 9, 2012

Location: 1056 Boundary St SE Local register Lybarger House, 1973, courtesy of Mark Foutch   Lybarger House today (2013), photo by Deb Ross The Lybarger House was built about 1887…

Mallery House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyJune 17, 2013

Location: 320 17th Ave SE Local register; South Capitol National Historic Neighborhood Mallery House, 1939, Thurston County Assessor, Washington State Archives Mallery House today (2013) photo by Deb Ross Naming a…

Interactive Map – Where Are We?

UncategorizedBy Olympia Historical SocietyApril 26, 2012

The Where are We? feature of the Olympia Historical Society website allows you to find out more about important historical buildings and locations in Olympia. Click on any of the…

Mallory House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 9, 2012

Location: 1418 Oak Ave NE Local Register Mallory House in 1939, photo from Thurston County Assessor, Washington State Archives   Mallory House today (2010), photo by Deb Ross This pleasing 1895…

Manier House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyJune 18, 2013

Location: 1121 5th Ave SE Local register; Women’s History Manier House, 1939, Thurston County Assessor, Washington State Archives Manier House today (2013) photo by Deb Ross This imposing Foursquare style home…

Mann’s Seeds Building/Rainy Day Records

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyMay 2, 2014

Location: 301 5th Ave E Popular culture Mann’s Seeds Building, 1964, Thurston County Assessor, Southwest Regional Archives Mann’s Seeds Building today (2014), photo by Deb Ross The utilitarian structure at the…

Manschreck House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyDecember 9, 2013

Location: 3132 Lorne St SE local register Manschreck House, 1936, Thurston County Assessor, Washington State Archives Manschreck House today (2013), Photo by Deb Ross The Manschreck home was built in…

Marathon Park

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyNovember 14, 2014

Location: Deschutes Parkway Women’s History The first women’s marathon trials, 1984, courtesy The Olympian Marathon Park today (2014), photo by Deb Ross Marathon Park, first created in 1970 out of fill that…

Martin Building/site of Doane’s Oyster House/Harned and Mabie homes

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 9, 2012

Location: 113-119 5th Ave SE Downtown National Historical District, Wohleb design; Women’s History Doane’s Oyster House around 1880, photograph from Digital Archives Martin Building today (2012), Photograph courtesy of Deb Ross…

Martin, James Warehouse

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyMarch 14, 2014

Location: 115 State Ave NE Downtown National Historic District; Wohleb James Martin Warehouse, 1964, Thurston County Assessor, Washington State Archives James Martin Warehouse today (2014), photo by Deb Ross The James Martin…

Visual Resources – Photographs and Videos

UncategorizedBy Olympia Historical SocietyMay 24, 2013

Photographs The Society’s website maintains a small collection of photographs in our image bibliography. Many more photographs and links to photographs are available for viewing in our Where Are We?,…

Membership form

UncategorizedBy Olympia Historical SocietyMay 24, 2013

                                      You may print out, fill in and mail this membership form,…

Charlene Krise

Board MembersBy Olympia Historical SocietyJanuary 23, 2022

Charlene’s birth tribe was her mother’s tribe the Colville Confederated Tribes until she relinquished to join her father’s tribe in 1975 after the Boldt Decision. It is from her mother’s…

Get involved!

UncategorizedBy Olympia Historical SocietyMay 23, 2013

Do you want to become more involved in Olympia’s history and heritage? There are many ways to do so, and we can help. Here are a few: Join the Olympia…

Resources for Researching Olympia’s History

UncategorizedBy Olympia Historical SocietyMay 3, 2013

The following is a list of materials relating to Olympia area history that are available either on our website or elsewhere.  Bibliography – listing of books, transcripts, and articles –…

Where Are We?

UncategorizedBy Olympia Historical SocietyMarch 5, 2013

Welcome to “Where Are We?”, a new feature of the Olympia Historical Society website that gives you information about buildings and sites in Olympia. Click here for more information about…

Researching Olympia – Contents

UncategorizedBy Olympia Historical SocietyMarch 5, 2013

Articles Bibliography Chinese Olympia Image Bibliography Links to other helpful sites Transcriptions Where Are We? Articles Blankenship: Meet the Yantises and Blankenships Bret: Living with the Pioneers Derricott, Applied Historiography:…

Membership

Winter 2009By Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 27, 2013

Click here to download the membership form Mail Checks payable to “Olympia Historical Society” to: Olympia Historical Society PO Box 6064 Olympia, WA 98507-6064. Please include your name and contact…

Letter From The President

Winter 2009By Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 27, 2013

Thanks go to Ralph Blankenship for securing Gloria Dei Church for the general membership meeting, a pot luck dinner, held November 21. The gathering provided a great opportunity for several…

Membership

Fall 2009By Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 27, 2013

Click here to download the membership form Mail Checks payable to “Olympia Historical Society” to: Olympia Historical Society PO Box 6064 Olympia, WA 98507-6064. Please include your name and contact…

Letter From The President

Fall 2009By Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 27, 2013

Greetings from the President, Many thanks to member Roger Easton for organizing yet another successful event honoring Olympia’s sesquicentennial year, this time at Priest Point Park on Saturday, August 22nd.…

Membership

Summer 2010By Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 27, 2013

Click here to download the membership form Mail Checks payable to “Olympia Historical Society” to: Olympia Historical Society PO Box 6064 Olympia, WA 98507-6064. Please include your name and contact…

Foutch: Origins of the Olympia Historical Society, part 1

Articles, Fall 2012By Olympia Historical SocietyAugust 20, 2012

Background:  For many decades Olympia was content to depend on the State Capital Museum for its local history venue and a place to store many of its important historical assets. …

The Olympia Historical Society Needs You!

Fall 2012By Olympia Historical SocietyAugust 14, 2012

Tim Ransom, Vice President Interested in the history of where you live?  Want to know more about the people who lived there first, the Native Americans, the pioneers and other…

New History Blogs That Inform and Inspire

Fall 2012By Olympia Historical SocietyAugust 13, 2012

Anne Kilgannon, Secretary In a new history column featured in the online news source ThurstonTalk.com, blogger Emmett O’Connell writes about a little known historic site in downtown Olympia. Now the…

Fall 2012 Newsletter: Table of Contents

Fall 2012By Olympia Historical SocietyAugust 13, 2012

President’s Message Fall 2012 Mark Foutch Olympia Historical Society at Canoe Journey Anne Kilgannon Origins of the Olympia Historical Society Mark Foutch New History Blogs That Inform and Inspire Anne…

President’s Message Fall 2012

Fall 2012By Olympia Historical SocietyAugust 13, 2012

Mark Foutch, President As you all know, one of our Olympia Historical Society’s most dedicated members, Roger Easton, died  July 2 after a short illness.  This was completely unexpected and…

Olympia Historical Society July 2012 bulletin

UncategorizedBy Olympia Historical SocietyJuly 9, 2012

Hello friends. As we are on "summer schedule," this will be your only bulletin for July, but it’s an important one! First, please join historical societies and commissions throughout Thurston…

President’s Message Summer 2012

Summer 2012By Olympia Historical SocietyMay 22, 2012

Mark Foutch, President  You might (or might not) have noticed that our first OHS newsletter of the year is later than usual.  We’ve faced some organizational challenges but now we’re…

Queries

UncategorizedBy Olympia Historical SocietyMay 18, 2012

Our website has extensive materials and links on Olympia history, but sometimes it’s hard to know where to get started or how to find answers to specific questions. We suggest…

Olympia’s Historic Chinese Community – Links

UncategorizedBy Olympia Historical SocietyMay 17, 2012

Related Sites Chinese and Asian American History Becoming American: The Chinese Experience The Chinese American Experience, 1857-1892 Historical Societies, Museums, and Exhibits: Wing Luke Museum, Seattle, WA The Mai Wah…

Olympia’s Historic Chinese Community – Interpretive Marker

UncategorizedBy Olympia Historical SocietyMay 17, 2012

The dedication of the Olympia Chinatown Historical Marker took place May 22, 2004 at Heritage Park. Interpretive Marker located in Heritage Park, near the site of Olympia’s last Chinatown  …

Olympia’s Historic Chinese Community – Chinese Cemetery

UncategorizedBy Olympia Historical SocietyMay 17, 2012

At Forest Memorial Gardens, 2501 Pacific Ave., Olympia Marker for Locke Mai Tuck Edward Echtle photo   As late as the 1930s members of Olympia’s Chinese community still gathered at Forest…

Olympia’s Historic Chinese Community – Families

UncategorizedBy Olympia Historical SocietyMay 17, 2012

Due to immigration restrictions it was prohibitively expensive and legally difficult for most Chinese men to bring a wife and family members to America. Nevertheless, a small but significant number of…

Olympia’s Historic Chinese Community – Market Gardens

UncategorizedBy Olympia Historical SocietyMay 17, 2012

By the 1870s some of Olympia’s Chinese residents earned their keep as market gardeners.  In fact, they were so efficient they effectively cornered the local produce market for some years. …

Olympia’s Historic Chinese Community – Restaurants

UncategorizedBy Olympia Historical SocietyMay 17, 2012

  Restaurants were a pioneer business for Chinese immigrants.  Many early Chinese found employment as cooks for affluent families, at lumber camps and in hotels and rooming houses and learned…

Olympia’s Historic Chinese Community – Laundries

UncategorizedBy Olympia Historical SocietyMay 17, 2012

A number of Chinese owned laundries existed in Olympia over the years.  As laundries required little start up capital, they were often the first business a recent Chinese immigrant could…

Olympia’s Historic Chinese Community – Chinatowns

UncategorizedBy Olympia Historical SocietyMay 17, 2012

The International Chinese Business Directory of the World for the Year 1913 Over the years Olympia’s main Chinese quarters were located in three places.  Available records show the earliest Chinatown…

Olympia’s Historic Chinese History – Railroads and Riots

UncategorizedBy Olympia Historical SocietyMay 17, 2012

    Chinese railroad section hands at the  Tenino Northern Pacific Railroad depot, early 1880s WSHS Image In the early 1870s construction of the Northern Pacific Railroad in western Washington brought…

Echtle: Olympia’s Historic Chinese Community

ArticlesBy Olympia Historical SocietyMay 17, 2012

by Edward Echtle     This series of articles about the Chinese in Olympia was prepared by Edward Echtle, Olympia historian, for the Olympia Historical Society website. The Society is…

Olympia’s Historic Chinese Community – Origins and Early Arrivals

UncategorizedBy Olympia Historical SocietyMay 16, 2012

During the latter half of the 19th century, the Puget Sound region received an influx of settlers from around the world.  Among them were immigrants from southeast China.  Many came to…

Olympia Historical Society and Bigelow House Museum Bylaws

UncategorizedBy Olympia Historical SocietyApril 28, 2012

  AMENDED: DECEMBER 31, 2013, January 12, 2015, January 11, 2016, January 16, 2017, and January 20, 2018 Olympia Historical Society and Bigelow House Museum   Article I.      Purpose  …

Partlow: Meet a Family: The Streets and Partlows of West Olympia

Articles, Summer 2012By Olympia Historical SocietyApril 27, 2012

Written by Janet Partlow, a descendant of the Streets and Partlow families Ralph Raymond Streets was born in Brockville, Ontario (on the St. Lawrence seaway) in 1870.  His father John…

Summer 2012 Newsletter: Table of Contents

Summer 2012By Olympia Historical SocietyApril 27, 2012

President’s Message Mark Foutch Olympia’s African American Pioneers Ralph Munro Meet a Family:The Streets and Partlows Nancy Partlow Lanny’s and Deb’s Excellent Adventures in Tacoma Deb Ross Membership

Munro: Olympia’s African American Trailblazers

Articles, Summer 2012By Olympia Historical SocietyApril 27, 2012

Ralph Munro, Secretary of State   1980-2001 resident of Olympia since 1966 Secretary Munro offered following remarks at a First United Methodist Church in Olympia on January 29, 2012 in recognition…

Lanny’s and Deb’s Excellent Adventures in Tacoma

Summer 2012By Olympia Historical SocietyApril 27, 2012

This is an ongoing series that reports on Lanny  Weaver’s and Deb Ross’s weekly trips to the Research Center at the Washington State Historical Society to catalogue documents and photographs…

Martin/Tiffany House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietySeptember 25, 2014

Location: 112 18th Ave SW Local register, South Capitol National Historic Neighborhood   No vintage photograph has been located for this home. If you have one to share, please contact us.…

Welcome to “Where Are We?”

UncategorizedBy Olympia Historical SocietyApril 14, 2012

This feature of our website includes separate pages for historic locations and buildings throughout Olympia. Each location has side-by-side photographs, with brief descriptions of the history and importance of the…

Selected Transcriptions and Images from Olympia Tribune Souvenir Issue 1891

Articles, TranscriptionsBy Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 17, 2012

In 1891, the Olympia Tribune published a souvenir issue, consisting of 22 bound pages that were printed and bound at the State Printing Office. The issue contained information on the…

Meet a Family: Charles and Zoe Chaenn

UncategorizedBy Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 10, 2012

by Richard Edwards Charles Chaenn was born in France in January 1839 to John Chaenn and Madelina Juliet. According to local oral tradition, he served in the French military before…

Zindt: Memories of Olympia in the 1920s and 1930s

ArticlesBy Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 10, 2012

by Mary Zindt My brothers and I spent the summers doing farm chores. A hike to McAllister Springs was always included during summer vacation. It was about two miles from…

Miller and O’Connell: Revisiting Capitol Lake

ArticlesBy Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 10, 2012

The previous two newsletters contained articles on the history of Capitol Lake, whose authors maintain divergent conclusions. As our newsletter policies maintain, the Olympia Historical Society welcomes submissions on any…

Derricott: Judge Lee Creighton

ArticlesBy Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 10, 2012

Mark Derricott, Editor Introduction Does Aristotle’s theory of the whole can become greater than the sum of its parts hold true if we apply it to our community? Can something…

Derricott, Applied Historiography: Olympia’s Capital Lake

ArticlesBy Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 10, 2012

Mark Derricott* The excellent recent piece about Capitol Lake by Mr. Allen Miller and a formidable rejoinder in this quarter’s newsletter by Mr. Emmett O’Connell reveals a rich dialogue about…

O’Connell: The Myth of Connection Between Wilder and White and Capitol Lake

ArticlesBy Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 10, 2012

This article originally appeared on the Squaxin Island Tribe’s Natural Resource Department Weblog and was reprinted here as another view of the history of the development of Capitol Lake. The…

Blankenship: Meet the Yantises and Blankenships

ArticlesBy Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 10, 2012

Ralph Blankenship In October of 1852 Sarah Y Yantis rode into Olympia with her father B.F. Yantis and 7 brothers and sisters in their covered wagon. They left from Saline…

Masonic Temple site

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 9, 2012

Location: 105 8th Ave SE (corner 8th and Capitol) Local Register (site) Masonic Temple about 1902, Image from Digital Archives Location today (2012), Photo courtesy of Deb Ross When Edmund Sylvester laid…

Maury House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyApril 8, 2014

Location: 1604 Water St SW Local register; South Capitol Neighborhood National Historic District Maury House, 1939, Thurston County Assessor, Southwest Regional Archives Maury House today (2014), photo by Deb Ross…

McArdle House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyMay 25, 2013

Location: 223 19th Ave SW Local register; South Capitol National Historic District McArdle House 1939, Thurston County Assessor, Washington State Archives McArdle House now (2013), photo by Deb Ross This handsome Foursquare House,…

McClain Motors Building/Site of Charley Vietzen home

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 9, 2012

Location: 703 4th Ave E Transportation, Diversity: German heritage   Vietzen home, with family members, courtesy State Capital Museum collection, Washington State Historical Society Courtyard Antiques mall at this location…

McCleary, Henry House (McCleary Mansion)

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietySeptember 3, 2013

Location: 111 21st Ave SW Local register, National  Register; South Capitol National Historic District; Wohleb Henry McCleary House 1939, Thurston County  Assessor, Washington State Archives Henry McCleary House today (2013),…

McCleary-Robinson House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyOctober 21, 2013

Location: 101 Sherman St. NW Local register McCleary-Robinson House 1939, Thurston County Assessor, Southwest Regional Archives   McCleary-Robinson House today (2013), photograph by Deb Ross This large home, overlooking the…

McClelland House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 9, 2012

Location: 327 Sherman NW Schools McClelland House, 1939, photo from Thurston County Assessor, State Archives   McClelland House now (2010), photo by Deborah Ross   This attractive, unassuming Pioneer-style home…

McCoy-Trullinger House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyMarch 13, 2014

Location: 121 19th Ave SW Local register; South Capitol National Historic Neighborhood McCoy/Trullinger House, 1939, Thurston County Assessor, Washington State Archives McCoy/Trullinger House today (2014), photo by Deb Ross This Craftsman…

McCormick House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietySeptember 28, 2014

Location: 1702 4th Ave E Local register McCormick House 1956, Thurston County Assessor, Southwest Regional Archives McCormick House today (2014), photo by Deb Ross The McCormick House on busy 4th Avenue…

McCully House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 11, 2014

Location: 1625 Sylvester St SW Local register; South Capitol National Historic Neighborhood; Women’s History; Wohleb McCully House 1939, Thurston County Assessor, Southwest Regional Archives McCully House today (2014), photo by…

McDonald, W.B. House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyApril 16, 2015

Location: 2215 Water St SW  South Capitol National Historic Neighborhood W.B. McDonald House 1939, Thurston County Assessor, Southwest Regional Archives W.B. McDonald House today (2015), photo by Deb Ross The W.B. McDonald House,…

McElroy, H.B. Store

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyMarch 24, 2014

Location: 414 Capitol Way S Downtown National Historic District; Wohleb H.B. McElroy Store Building, 1964, Thurston County Assessor, Southwest Regional Archives   H.B. McElroy Store Building today (2014), photo by…

McElroy, Thornton house site

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 9, 2012

Location: 702 Washington St SE Thornton McElroy home around 1873, photograph courtesy of Washington State Historical Society 702 Washington St. today, Photograph courtesy of Deb Ross Between Sylvester Park and the…

McIntyre House

Locations of Historic InterestBy Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 9, 2012

Location: 123 Cushing St. NW Local Register Joseph McIntyre home around 1900, photograph courtesy of Washington State Historical Society   McIntyre home today (2012), Photograph courtesy of Deb Ross The McIntyre…

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