Patterson House

Location: 926 Bethel St NE
Local register

Patterson House, 1958, Thurston County Assessor, Southwest Regional Archives

Patterson House today (2014), photo by Deb Ross

The Patterson home was built in about 1926. It is an attractive, well-maintained Craftsman style home in the “Workingman’s Hill” neighborhood of northeast Olympia. Mr. Patterson was a well driller by profession. The home is on the local register.

Links:

Olympia Heritage Inventory

PCT/TCTV video about Bigelow Highlands Neighborhood, available for viewing on Youtube

Legislative Building repair – William Conser – 6/8/25
Looking Back’s theme for 2025 features Thurston County area photographers, artists, and their subjects. William B. Conser was a photographer for the Olympian who captured many events and people, including an historic series that documented the destruction caused by the 1949 earthquake. Shown here is the elaborate scaffolding and tramway erected to repair the lantern…
June 8, 2025
William Conser – 6/1/25
Looking Back’s theme for 2025 features Thurston County area photographers, artists, and their subjects. The 1935 Olympia High School yearbook notes that William P. Conser, pictured here, was involved with journalism as early as high school. He became a photographer for the Olympian and captured many events and people, including an historic series that documented…
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State Patrol by Merle Junk – 5/25/25
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