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Location of Thurston County in Washington. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Thurston County, Washington.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Thurston County, Washington, United States.
The Chehalis Downtown Historic District is located in Chehalis, Washington and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.One of three NRHP districts in the city, including the Hillside Historic District and Pennsylvania Avenue-West Side Historic District, the district represents three separate development periods.
DAHP houses Washington's State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), a position created by the National Historic Preservation Act. [5] The SHPO conducts reviews of the impacts to historic resources caused by construction funded by federal dollars under the authority of the National Historic Preservation Act, section 101. [6]
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Olympia is the capital city of the U.S. state of Washington.It had a population of 55,605 at the 2020 census, making it the state of Washington's 23rd-most populous city.It is the seat of Thurston County and borders Lacey to the east and Tumwater to the south.
After Washington achieved statehood in 1889, Olympia continued as the state's capital city. Construction of the current Washington State Capitol began in 1912, with the prominent Legislative Building, one of the largest in the nation, completed in 1928. The building's dome is the fourth largest free-standing masonry dome in the world.
The majority of buildings in Downtown Olympia were built between 1911 and 1930, decades after Washington gained statehood with Olympia as its capital city. Three earthquakes, in 1949, 1965 and 2001, damaged buildings in downtown Olympia. Several properties in the historic district were designed by architect Joseph Wohleb, who hails from the area.
Topps Tiles was founded in 1963 by Alan Brindle and Edward (Ted) Derbyshire, who opened the company’s first store in Sale, Cheshire. [2] [3] Derbyshire had a varied career before establishing the business, having served in the RAF, worked as a salesman and dairy labourer, and been employed in the furniture industry.