Kevin/Cammarano House

Location: 203 20th Ave SW
Local register; South Capitol National Historic Neighborhood

Kevin/Cammarano House (1938), Thurston County Assessor, Southwest Regional Archives

Kevin/Cammarano House today (2013), photo by Marisa Merkel

This substantial Spanish colonial-style house was built in 1928 by Copeland Lumber Company for the Kevin family. Edward Kevin was a superintendent for the Port Townsend Southern Railway Company and his wife Victoria was a music teacher. The house is on the local register and is in the South Capitol National Historic Neighborhood.

Olympia Heritage inventory

South Capitol Neighborhood National Historic District

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