Olympia Bus Depot
107 7th Avenue Southeast, Olympia
Distinctive Art Moderne bus depot
Description
"See America By Bus - The Modern Travel Way"The Olympia Bus Depot is on the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation's Most Endangered Historic Properties List. Greyhound would like to partner with area transit for a streamlined facility or station elsewhere. If successful in their attempts they would sell this property to a developer who wishes to build a multi story office and luxury condo tower in its place.
The Olympia Bus Depot was built in 1937 by North Coast Lines from a Moderne design by architect L.B. Barthomew. At the time it was considered the "newest, most modern bus depot in the entire Northwest," and a "standard for other buildings." The bus depot featured a rooftop structure resembling a radio tower that supported a neon "bus depot" sign serving as a beacon to travelers.
North Coast changed its name in 1949, by adding the word Greyhound, and then dropping the North Coast a year later to be simply just Greyhound Lines.
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