George House

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

The George House was built about 1896 and was later sold to Orville George, a grocer. His son Marion George ran the M.E. George grocery located in the Angelus Hotel building downtown. The house is a modest, but well preserved example of a Pioneer style home, and is on the local register, besides being located in the South Capitol National Historic District.

Additional links:

Olympia Heritage inventory

South Capitol Neighborhood National Historic District

Washington State Historical Society photograph, enter the following catalog number in the Collection Search box: C1964.26.4.24.6

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