Joseph Wohleb

Who was Joseph Wohleb?

Joseph Henry Wohleb was an architect from Washington, born at the Jacob Smith House in Lacey, near Olympia. He is known for the design of classic motion picture theaters in the 1920s. He was also the designer of Cloverfields in Olympia, a farmhouse listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Also, he served as the architect for the Washington State Capitol Museum.

In 1946, Joseph Wohleb's son, Robert, joined him in the architecture business and the two worked in their firm, Wohleb and Wohleb. Together, they designed many notable buildings in Thurston County.

A number of Joseph's works and at least one of the partnership's works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

Works of either include:

American Legion Hall, 219 W. Legion Way Olympia, WA, NRHP-listed

Cloverfields, 1100 Carlyon Ave., SE Olympia, WA, NRHP-listed

Georgia-Pacific Plywood Company Office, 600 Capitol Way N. Olympia, WA, NRHP-listed

Jeffers Studio, 500 and 502 S. Washington Olympia, WA, NRHP-listed

Lord, C. J., Mansion, 211 W. 21st Ave. Olympia, WA, NRHP-listed

Henry McCleary House, 111 W. 21st Ave. Olympia, WA, NRHP-listed