Woodard, Carl House

Location: 1202 9th Ave SW
Local register

Carl Woodard House 1957, Thurston County Assessor, Southwest Regional Archives

Carl Woodard House today, photograph by Deb Ross

The Carl Woodard House is an early (ca. 1919) and well-preserved example of the Craftsman-style bungalows that are very common elsewhere in Olympia but rarer on the Westside. Carl Woodard was a member of the Woodard family that settled first on Woodard Bay, then moved to West Olympia. The Woodard House belonged to Carl’s uncle A.B. Woodard and later Carl’s brother Lester; his grandfather Harvey lived in the Harvey Woodard home above the Woodard House. Carl worked at the Springer Mill, as a teamster, and a candy store owner. This home is on the local register.

Olympia Heritage inventory

For more information on the Woodard family, see the Residents section of this website.

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