Tenino Downtown Historic District
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The Tenino Downtown Historic District is two blocks long, one-half block-deep on either side of Sussex Street in Tenino, Washington. Approximately three acres in size, the district was added to the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
on June 25, 2004. Sussex Street is the main thoroughfare through Tenino and is also part of
Washington State Route 507 State Route 507 (SR 507) is a Washington state highway in Lewis, Thurston and Pierce counties that extends from (I-5) and (US 12) in Centralia to in Spanaway. The highway also intersects in Yelm and in McKenna. The first ...
. Contributing properties include the State Bank of Tenino, built in 1908; Campbell and Campbell Store, built in 1906-07; Mentzner and Coping Block, built in 1914; Miller Block, built in 1906; VFW Hall/Liberty Theater, built in 1914; Columbia Building, built in 1906; Wolf Building, built in 1908; Henderson and Davis Garage, built in 1924; Masonic Temple, built in 1921; Skaggs Store, built in 1925; Tenino Telephone Office, built in 1925; Wichman Office, built in 1904; and the Russell Building, built in 1908. Other significant but non-contributing buildings in the district are the Mandery-Martin Building, built in 1925 and Jiffy Lunch, built in 1923. It includes a Masonic Lodge built in 1921, one of few two-story buildings in the district. () The Masonic Lodge in Tenino was built in 1921.


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Tenino, Washington National Register of Historic Places in Thurston County, Washington Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington (state) {{Washington-NRHP-stub