The imposing Odd Fellows Hall in downtown Olympia, at the southwest corner of 5th Avenue and Capitol Way, was dedicated, to great fanfare, in 1888. Members of the fraternal Odd Fellows from all over the area arrived to celebrate the completion of one of the most important lodges in Washington Territory. The building burned in 1937. The building at this location was designed by architect Joseph Wohleb and built in 1937.
L. Wilson Clark Photograph from about 1889, Susan Parish Collection, Southwest Regional Archives, AR20090812-ph-008576
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