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A look back: Olympia Snapshots

Here's one of the first pictures of Olympia... drawn in 1860.

This building, Parker & Colter Store, site of first 
Washington Territorial Legislature in 1854

 

In 1855,  the State Legislature was moved to its new home.

 

The first church in Olympia, built in 1855

 

Downtown Olympia, 1877

 

In 1892, the "Castle" was completed...  This served as the Capital building until...

 

1928, when the current complex was built.