Klaumbush House

Location: 101 Olympic Way SW
Local register

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Klaumbush House, 1939, Thurston County Assessor, Southwest Regional Archives

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Klaumbush House today (2013), photo by Deb Ross

This well-maintained early Craftsman style home was built about 1911 for William and Avis Klaumbush. Klaumbush owned a barbershop in the city. The home is a prominent landmark upland from the Fourth Avenue bridge in West Olympia. It is on the local register.

Olympia Heritage inventory

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