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Bigelow House Museum

The Bigelow House: Witness to History

The Bigelow House Museum is the oldest residence in Olympia, Washington, and one of the oldest still standing in the Pacific Northwest. It was built in the 1850s by pioneer lawyer and Territorial Legislator Daniel R. Bigelow and his schoolteacher wife Ann Elizabeth White Bigelow. Surrounded by more than an acre of the family’s original land claim, the house is charming example of the Carpenter Gothic style popular in rural America during the mid-1800s.

Museum Hours

Memorial Day through Labor Day

Saturday and Sunday 12:00 to 4:00pm

Open for tours year round by appointment.

School Tours Available - call or email for rates and scheduling.

Interior tours are guided and take around 45 minutes.

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Bigelow House Partnership with WA State Parks

Board Member April 11th, 2008

It’s official!  Washington State Parks and Bigelow House Preservation Association will jointly preserve and interpret the pioneer era Bigelow House!  From The Olympian:

OLYMPIA — The city’s oldest home, Bigelow House, is on its way to joining Washington’s state parks.

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Bigelow House soon will benefit from a three-way partnership. The state will own it and lend financial support and promotion.

City of Olympia maintenance workers will continue to maintain the grounds. And staff and volunteers of the Bigelow House Preservation Association will continue to give tours and raise money for the building.

“We still need community support through donations and memberships,” said Shanna Stevenson, a board member of the preservation association.

Museum director Karen Johnson will remain in her job.

The preservation association has been looking for extra support to fix up the house, which has a rotting front porch. The house had been running on a budget of $25,000 to $30,000 per year.

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Besides being locally significant, it’s intertwined with the history of the state.

more:

http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/415899.html

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2008 Member Drive

Board Member March 9th, 2008

Our 2008 Member Drive is Underway.  This year we have two ways you can submit your support to us:

Print and mail in the support form at a membership level that best suits you and your family:

 Membership And Paving Stone Order Form

OR

Use the link below to make a secure online donation through Network for Good:

 

You may designate your online contribution as a membership.  Membership levels are:

  • $1,859 Lifetime Membership
  • $300 Third Century Membership
  • $150 Territorial Membership
  • $75 Pioneer Membership
  • $35 Annual Membership 

Member Benefits Include:

  •  Newsletter.

  • Recognition on our Donor Wall and in Newsletter (optional)

  • Free admittance to the Bigelow House Museum for up to four people per visit.

  • Special notice of news and upcoming events.

  • Priority scheduling for use of the Museum for Events

  • 10% Discount at the Museum Gift Shop.

Bigelow House Preservation Association is a 501 (c)3 non-profit.  All donations above $35 are fully tax deductible by law.

Thanks for your generous support!  See you at Bigelow House this season!

Museum Director

 

Karen Johnson

PO Box 1821

Olympia WA 98507

staff@bigelowhouse.org

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Bigelow House - Washington State Park Partnership

Board Member March 9th, 2008

We’re one step closer to our goal of partnering with Washington State Parks!:

Published February 27, 2008

Senate budget assigns funds to South Sound projects
Brad Shannon

The Senate capital budget revealed Tuesday includes money for several South Sound projects — including $3 million in extra money for the Heritage Center building expected to begin construction in 2010 on the bluff overlooking Capitol Lake.

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Also in the Budget:

• $100,000 for the Bigelow House renovation in Olympia; the House also funds this.

more…

http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/371867.html

Thanks for your letters of support!  Partnering with Washington State Parks will allow the non-profit Bigelow House Museum staff and volunteers to turn our attentions to more programming, events and exhibits! 

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Olympian: Bigelow House Deserves Support

Board Member March 9th, 2008

A nice vote of support from the Olympian’s Editorial Page:

Published December 13, 2007

Bigelow House deserves support
The Olympian
The oldest original home in the city of Olympia benefitted last week from a last- minute flurry of spending approved for 2008 by the Olympia City Council.

The Bigelow House, which dates back to 1860, was home to Olympia pioneer and Harvard-educated civic activist Daniel R. Bigelow and his descendants.

The council, taking advantage of an extra $1 million in revenue, agreed to spend $5,000 next year to help maintain and preserve the house, which is now owned by the Bigelow House Preservation Association.

This is one funding decision by the City Council that should have unanimous community support.

As an all-volunteer group, the Bigelow House Preservation Association relies on donations and money it raises each year from its holiday season tour of historic homes, which took place last Saturday.

The money raised does not keep up with a backlog of maintenance costs estimated at roughly $100,000.

The city used to chip in about $2,000 each year to pay for advertising and staff time to support the tour of historic homes, but that funding ended in 2006.

It’s encouraging to the see the City Council once again paying attention to one of the city’s historic gems. 

http://www.theolympian.com/editorials/story/298462.html

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2007 Holiday Tour of Historic Homes

Webmaster November 1st, 2007

BIGELOW HOUSE MUSEUM ANNOUNCES ITS ANNUAL HOLIDAY HOME TOUR

TIME: Saturday, December 8, noon to 4 PM

This annual event opens several historic homes in Olympia to ticket purchasers. This year’s homes include:

  • Bigelow House, a Carpenter Gothic home built circa 1860Byrd House, a Queen Anne home built in 1891
  • Docherty-Johnson House, a Victorian farmhouse built in 1890 (new to the tour)
  • McCleary Mansion, an English Renaissance home built 1924-26
  • Peters House, a Craftsman Bungalow built in 1909 (new to the tour)
  • Warmoth House, a Bungalow built in 1910 (new to the tour)
  • White House, an Eclectic Queen Anne and Eastlake style home built in 1893
  • Worthington House, a Colonial Revival home built in 1939 and as a special addition,
  • The Sand Man, a tugboat built in 1910 (new to the tour)

At least two of this year’s houses are reputed to be haunted.

Ticket purchasers may tour the homes at their own pace; they will receive a tour booklet
containing home descriptions and maps. Houses on the tour represent different
architectural styles, and all have a local or regional historic significance. During the
tour, docents are stationed in each home to answer questions and provide historical
information on each house.

The Holiday Home Tour is a major fund-raiser for the Bigelow House Museum, Olympia’s
oldest surviving residence.

TICKETS: $15 per person. Limited number available. On sale now at Archibald Sisters,
Drees, Popinjay and Thompson’s Furniture. Also available the day of the tour at Bigelow
House Museum (11 AM to 4 PM) and McCleary Mansion (noon to 4 PM).

SPECIAL TREAT: Ticket holders will receive a complimentary dessert sampler and coffee at
Chica’s Cafe, 105 Legion Way SW.

SPONSORS:
Law Offices of Connolly Tacon & Meserve
Olympia Federal Savings
Olympia Historical Society
The Olympian
City of Olympia
Stormans Inc.
Chica’s Cafe
Batdorf & Bronson

For more info, contact:
Karen Johnson
Director
Bigelow House Museum
staff@bigelowhouse.org
www.BigelowHouse.org
360.753.1215 (work)
360.464.5963 (cell)

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New Web Site!

Webmaster April 8th, 2007

Bigelow House Museum has a new web site! Just in time to announce the 2007 Historical Holiday Home Tour.  Let us know what you think and what else you would like to see.

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