Olympic Club Hotel, hotel in Centralia, Washington, U.S
The Olympic Club Hotel is a two-story historic building listed on the National Register in downtown Centralia, Washington, originally opened in 1908 and remodeled in 1913. It contains 27 guest rooms with period furnishings, mostly shared bathrooms, plus a ground-floor restaurant, bar with original fixtures, and small movie theater.
The building opened in 1908 as a gathering place for railroad workers, loggers, and miners, first called Hotel Crawford, then Oxford Hotel for many years. During the 1920s Prohibition era it was linked to bootlegging activities, and a basement storage room was discovered in 2001.
The hotel takes its name from the adjacent Olympic Club, a gathering place for the community. The interior displays craftsmanship through mahogany woodwork and Tiffany-style lighting, reflecting how people valued decorated spaces in the early 1900s.
The hotel sits on Tower Avenue in downtown Centralia and is easy to reach on foot. Rooms are simply furnished without televisions or private bathrooms, and guests must go outside to access the hotel from the ground-floor restaurant or bar.
The arrest of notorious train robber Roy Gardner, known as the 'Gentleman Bandit,' happened at the hotel in 1921 when he was recognized despite his disguise. A book signed by Gardner is displayed at the hotel today as a reminder of this local moment.
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