Washington's 'Temporary' Territorial and First State Capitol
O lympia is Washington State's capital city. Nowadays, state offices are headquartered in Olympia, Tumwater and Lacey with branch offices throughou...
O lympia is Washington State's capital city. Nowadays, state offices are headquartered in Olympia, Tumwater and Lacey with branch offices throughout the entire state, but Legislature still meets in Olympia. It convenes in the beautiful, domed Legislative Building at the heart of the modern state Capitol Campus. But that was not true in the past. Indeed, the Legislature has met in different buildings in Olympia. Washington's first purpose-built Capitol was a small wooden structure located at what is now the western side of the Capitol Campus.