Name/Title
Lacey Museum, 2018Entry/Object ID
2018-023-0006Description
17 digital photographs of the Lacey Museum at 829 Lacey Street SE, in Lacey. Images 1 and 2 are of the front of the building from the parking lot. Image 3 is looking southwest, Image 4 is looking south, image 5 looking southeast, images 6 and 7 are looking east, images 8-13 are looking northeast, image 14 is looking north, image 15 is looking northwest. Images 16 and 17 are looking west from the Women's Club land.
The Lacey Museum was placed on the Lacey Register of Historic Places in 2001. This house is closely associated with the history of Lacey in different eras. Fred and Minnie Russell built it on Pacific Avenue in 1928. The Russells were in Lacey by 1910 and operated a cigar, confectionery and billiards store nearby. They later opened a service station to take advantage of the location near Pacific Highway. Designed by Minnie Russell and constructed by I. H. Olmstead, the Craftsman style house was originally clad in stucco and featured all local materials including lumber from Springer Mill in Olympia.
By 1935, E. J. Johnson owned the house. In the 1940s it was owned by Clara Rohde. State Fire Marshall Rex Jordan and his wife, Martha, owned the house in the 1950s.
As the population grew after World War II, the Lacey Volunteer Fire Department - which started in 1948 - purchased the house in 1953 for its headquarters. After Lacey incorporated as a city in 1966, it became the first City Hall, housing the fire department, police department and city offices all on different floors. When Lacey built a new city hall on College Street in 1979, the community organized to preserve it as a museum. Organizers moved the house to a site donated by the Lacey Women's Club near their clubhouse in 1979 and it was dedicated as the Lacey Historical Museum in 1981.Made/Created
Date made
2018 - 2018Place
City
LaceyCounty
ThurstonState/Province
WashingtonCountry
United StatesContinent
North AmericaNotes
Date: 2018/11/12Lexicon
Search Terms
Houses, Historic Sites, Lacey MuseumCopyright
Notes
Copyright City of Lacey. Photographs courtesy of Michael Boss.
Copyright Lacey Museum
