Raymond House
Location: 1130 East Bay Drive NE Raymond House, 1939, Thurston County Assessor, Southwest Regional Archives Raymond House today (2015) photograph by Deb Ross Perched on a bluff overlooking Budd Inlet, the Raymond House…
Five Firs Point-Blankenship House site (demolished)
Location: 513 Flora Vista Dr NE Women’s history; Religious institutions Five Firs (lower right, cropped from photo that includes Floravista bulb farm), 1947, courtesy Kathy Farr Five Firs Point today (2014) photograph…
Wiman/Jackson House
Location: 313 Quince St SE Local register We have not located a vintage photograph of this home.If you have one to share, please contact us. Wiman/Jackson House today (2014) photo by…
Neuffer, Paul and Catherine House
Location: 510 O’Farrell St SE Local register A vintage photograph has not been located; if you have one to share, please contact us Paul and Catherine Neuffer house…
Wildwood building
Location: 2822 Capitol Way SE mid-Century modern, Wohleb, Transportation Wildwood Building, 1950, advertisement in Olympia Centennial Souvenir program, Southwest Regional Archives Wildwood Building today (2013) photo by Deb Ross The…
Grimm Brothers brickyard site/Le May grocery
Location: 1027 4th Ave E Grimm Brothers brickyard, ca. 1880, State Library Collection Le May Market building now (2013) photograph by Deb Ross Brickyards existed in and around Olympia…
Free Methodist Church
Location: 1431 Legion Way SE Local register; Religious institutions Free Methodist church, 1961, courtesy Washington State Historical Society Free Methodist Church building today (2013) photograph by Deb Ross The Free…
First United Methodist Church-Legion Way/Henry tree
Location: 1224 Legion Way SE mid-Century modern; Religious institutions; Landmark Tree First United Methodist Church around 1952, photo from First United Methodist website First United Methodist Church today (2013) photograph…
New Caldonia building
Location: 116 5th Avenue Downtown National Historic District Proffitt’s Department Store, 1970, Susan Parish Collection, Washington State Archives New Caldonia building today (2017) photograph by Deb Ross According to its…
Foutch: Origins of the Olympia Historical Society: part 4
Mark Foutch For the remainder of 2002, the Olympia Historical Society continued the process of “standing up” its permanent organization while performing its mission and responding to opportunities. Members elected…
Origins of the Olympia Historical Society, Chapter 3
Mark Foutch The first two chapters of this history described the Society’s early organizing efforts beginning in 2001, leading to formalizing the organization and its incorporation in February 2002.…
Foutch: Origins of the Olympia Historical Society, part 2
By Mark Foutch, President Incorporation, Bylaws and Progress (If the exploratory and organizational meetings of 2001 could be considered “conception” and “birth,” then early in 2002 the Olympia Historical Society…
Foutch: Origins of the Olympia Historical Society, part 1
Background: For many decades Olympia was content to depend on the State Capital Museum for its local history venue and a place to store many of its important historical assets. …
Ray Theatre/Timberland Bank
Location: 423 Washington St SE Downtown National Historic District, Popular Culture Ray Theatre, 1914, Robert Esterly photo courtesy of Washington State Historical Society Timberland Bank building today (2012) photograph from…