It may surprise some that there was no Washington State-owned Governor’s Mansion until 1909. The current mansion on Capitol Campus was first occupied by Governor Marion Hay and his family. In this photograph, taken around that time, two of the governor’s seven children pose on the mansion grounds with the governor’s mother, Mary McCausland.
Unknown photographer, about 1911, Governor’s Mansion collection, Washington State Archives
Text © Deborah Ross and The Olympian 2020