Revell House

Location: 116 21st Ave SE
Local register; South Capitol National Historic District; mid-Century modern

Revell House, 1940, State Archives, Thurston County Assessor

Revell House today (2013), photo by Marisa Merkel

Built in 1940, the Revell House has a strikingly mid-Century modern feel to it, consistent with the status of its original owner, who was a treasurer of the cooperative Olympia Veneer Company. Interesting features include the attached garage, an innovation at the time, and leaded porthole windows. The home is on the local register, and is in the South Capitol National Historic Neighborhood.

Olympia Heritage inventory

South Capitol National Historic District

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