Donoghue/McCaughan House

Location: 1212 Olympia Ave NE
Local register; Olympia Avenue Historic District

Donoghue/McCaughan House, 1939, Thurston County Assessor, Southwest Regional Archives

Donoghue/McCaughan House today (2014), photo by Deb Ross

The Donoghue/McCaughan House is a large, well-preserved Dutch Colonial located on a large lot at the east end of the Olympia Avenue Local Historic District. The home was built in 1926 by Alvena and Roy Donoghue. Roy was listed as a millworker in the Polk Directory for that year. Later the home was owned by Alvina and Archibald McCaughan (despite the similarity in their given names, Mrs. Donoghue and Mrs. McCaughan do not appear to be the same person). The home is on the local register.

Links:

Olympia Heritage inventory

Olympia Avenue Historic District

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