The Montgomery Ward Building was erected in 1928 on Fourth Avenue. Ward’s was a department store and catalogue retailer. The building was repurposed in the early 1960s to serve as the first home of the Olympia Regional Vocational Technical Institute (now South Puget Sound Community College). It has since been occupied by retail and entertainment venues.
Vibert Jeffers photo, 1938, Susan Parish Collection, Southwest Regional Archives AR20090812-ph007702
Text © Deborah Ross and The Olympia 2017