Showing posts with label McCleary Mansion. Show all posts
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Saturday, August 20, 2016

The McCleary Mansion

Nov. 17, 2012.

Built in Olympia in the 1920s. The large foyer was designed to accommodate the expected social gatherings due to Ada McCleary's high position within the DAR. Unfortunately, Ada died before construction of this building was complete. The two trees in front are actual cedars of Lebanon. The back yard, where a newer building now resides, was once a beautiful and large garden. The McCleary bedroom, which was basically an enormous apartment, was on the upper floor to the left.

After Henry McCleary's death the building was cut up into apartments, but by the 1960s it was an office building and included an orthodontist. In recent times it has become the headquarters for a lobbyist group.