Neuffer House

Location: 1625 Water St SW
Local register; South Capitol National Historic District

Neuffer House 1936, Thurston County Assessor, Washington State Archives

Neuffer House now (2013), photo by Deb Ross

This large bungalow near Capitol Campus was built in 1909 by Paul Neuffer, a German-born jeweler who owned Neuffer‘s jewelry store downtown (see also the Paul and Catherine Neuffer House, in the same neighborhood, owned by Paul Neuffer’s son). It is on the local register and is in the South Capitol National Historic Neighborhood.

Additional resources:

Olympia Heritage inventory

South Capitol National Historic Neighborhood

Thank you to Susan Goff for information on built date.

For more on the Neuffer family, see the Residents section of this website.

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