Throughout 2021 the Sunday Olympian’s Looking Back feature portrayed events and people from the Sylvester’s Window cityscape project. At the far right of the 1899 cityscape is the Olympia Opera House, also known as the Olympia Theater, built in 1890 by publisher John Miller Murphy. Over its short 35 year life, it hosted national celebrities such as Mark Twain, and many local productions.
Olympia Opera House, State Library photograph collection, Washington State Archives, about 1890, image number AR-07809001-ph000980
Text © Deborah Ross and The Olympian 2021