In 2023 the Sunday Olympian’s theme for its Looking Back feature was the origins of area place names. Carlyon Avenue and Carlyon Beach are both named for the Carlyon family of southeast Olympia. Philip H. Carlyon was a dentist and his brother Fred a jeweler and real estate developer. Both men were city boosters and active in local politics. Pictured here is Philip.
L. Wilson Clark photo, 1886, Courtesy Washington State Historical Society, catalog 2016.62.1.1
Text © Deborah Ross and The Olympian 2023