In this 1910 image, one of the earliest of the Olympic Club, the neighboring building (today's Olympic Club Hotel) has yet to be built. Note the Club's café is on the left side of the building and the bar on the right. Is that a display case or a barbeque standing in the vacant lot?

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This view of the 1909 Memorial Day parade marching south on Tower Avenue in Centralia is the earliest image we have of the Olympic Club. The street is dirt and the hotel that has stood next to the Club since 1913, is still four years from construction in this photo. Here, the north bay of the Club houses shelves of liquor. A year or so later, the Olympic Club café would take over the space.

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The Olympic Club is seen here in its original incarnation and location. It opened in 1907 on Main Street, just around the corner from today's Club on Tower Avenue. A 1908 fire, that destroyed many buildings on east side of Tower between Main and Pine streets, prompted the Oly Club's move.

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Storm clouds still linger after soaking Tower Avenue, around 1906. The view is to the north. Main Street intersects just beyond the first telephone pole. The Olympic Club's predecessor stands on the right just beyond Main Street. The building, along with all of its neighbors on that side of the block, were destroyed by a disastrous fire in 1908.

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The calling card for The Oxford, which operated in 1906-07 on the future site of the Olympic Club. The Nugent brothers ran their raucous saloon with few rules, and were closed down because of that practice. The name was revived though by what is today's Olympic Club Hotel. Prior to McMenamins' renovation of that building, it was known as the Oxford Hotel.

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Early denizens of the Oly Club, circa 1910. The cook stands outside the café, while the houseboys stand in front of the central "Billiards" door. Note the bar sign hanging on the right. In about three years, the Club would undergo a major interior renovation, complete with mahogany paneling, beveled glass mirrors and Tiffany light fixtures.

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