Location: 1675 Marine Drive NE
mid-Century modern
Jacaranda Restaurant about 1983, City of Olympia Planning Department, Washington State Archives |
Anthony’s Hearthfire today (2020), courtesy Anthony’s |
For the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair, the Douglas Fir Plywood Association created a model home called the Century 21 Plywood Home of Living Light. After the fair was over, the building was purchased and floated down Puget Sound, where it was remodeled and opened as the Jacaranda Restaurant. Perched at the northern end of the central Olympia peninsula, the restaurant had several domed rooms and outdoor seating areas overlooking the inlet. Over its existence it went by a number of names. The building burned in 2002, and the site is now (2019) the home of Anthony’s Hearthfire Restaurant.
Additional resources:
WSHS catalog, search C1986.43.64.3.31.4.1
Vintage postcard collection posted on Flickr
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