The “O” shaped Olympia City Hall building, now the Lee Creighton Justice Center on Plum Street, was part of Olympia’s “Committee of the 60s” effort to improve the infrastructure of the city. It was touted nation-wide as a model of good design, architectural innovation and space planning. This photograph was taken in early 1966 when the building was brand-new, just before architect Robert Wohleb’s untimely death.
Ron Allen photograph, March 1966, Susan Parish Collection, Southwest Regional Archives AS20090812-ph008584
Text © Deborah Ross and The Olympian 2018