McMurry House

Location: 502 Edison St SE
Local register

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McMurry House 1965, Thurston County Assessor, Southwest Regional Archives

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McMurry House today (2014) Photograph courtesy of Deb Ross

The McMurry House is located in a quiet residential neighborhood southeast Olympia. A good example of a modest Craftsman-style home, it was built by Frank and Lucinda McMurry in about 1922. It is on the local register.

Olympia Heritage inventory

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