Bigelow Neighborhood, also called the Bigelow Historic District, is a historic district

Historic district

A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries, historic districts receive legal protection from development....

 located on the eastside of Olympia, Washington

Olympia, Washington

Olympia is the capital city of the U.S. state of Washington and the county seat of Thurston County. It was incorporated on January 28, 1859. The population was 46,478 at the 2010 census...

. It is located along Olympia Avenue, between East Bay Drive and Tullis Street.

About

The neighborhood is named after an early homesteader, Daniel Bigelow

Daniel Bigelow

Daniel Bigelow was a pioneer lawyer and politician in Olympia, Washington.-Biography:Daniel Richardson Bigelow was born March 24, 1824, in Belleville, New York. He graduated from Union College in 1846 and attended Harvard law school from 1847 to 1849. After graduation he began practice in...

. His historic home, now the Bigelow House Museum, is located at 918 Glass Ave. and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

 in 1987. There are several other historic houses in the neighborhood dating back to the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. Nearby Bigelow Park, located on part of the original Bigelow Donation Land Claim is among Olympia's oldest.