McNeil House

Location: 318 Rogers St NW
Rogers Street Local Historic District

McNeil House 1939, Thurston County Assessor, Southwest Regional Archives

McNeil House today (2015) Photograph courtesy of Deb Ross

This Tumwater Lumber Mills house appears to have been built around 1930. It is located in the Rogers Street Local Historic District, which was created to showcase the contributions of TLM’s ready-built homes to Olympia’s early 20th century building trade. The home was owned by Virgil McNeil, who ran a debt collection agency in Olympia. According to the inventory sheet, this home may have been selected as a model for the company’s popular English revival style homes.

Olympia Heritage inventory

Rogers Street Historic District

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