Bigelow-Bailey House

Location: 936 Glass Ave NE
Local register

Bigelow-Bailey House, 1937, Thurston County Assessor, Washington State Archives

Bigelow-Bailey House now (2013), photo by Deb Ross

This pretty L-shaped house was built by the Bigelow family in 1897 as a rental unit. It is just two doors up from the Bigelow House on Glass Street. Although built in the simple Pioneer style, it has sweet decorative features including turned posts at entryway and spindlework cornice panels, which have been highlighted in this nice restoration. The house is on the local register.

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