Here we provide documents for neighborhoods where racial restrictive covenants were imposed in the decades when they were legal. Most restrictions in Olympia and Thurston County date from 1928 to 1955 and covered a large percentage of subdivisions developed in that period. We have documented more than 1,600 restricted properties in 35 subdivisions. Scroll below map to find documents listed by city. Everything here is preliminary and may change. For a searchable map of individual properties go to our Thurston parcels map
Click the link to see a pdf copy of a restrictive document for each subdivision. There are three types of documents. Some subdivisions were restricted in the original plat; some in covenants (CCR) that applied to the full subdivision. For these we provide full documentation. In other cases the developer/seller included the restrictions in each deed of sale. For these we provide a single deed as a sample.
| City | Subdivision/plat | Restriction | Properties Covered | Document Type |
| Carlyon Beach | Carlyon Beach | …and that the said premises shall never be sold, leased, or rented to any Negro, Mulatto, Indian, Chinese, Japanese or other person of the so-called "yellow race".. | 61 | Deed |
| Carlyon Beach | Fair Oaks Beach | The property shall not be sold, leased, or rented to any person not of the Caucasian race. | 79 | Deed |
| Lacey | Beachcrest | No other than the white race shall be allowed to occupancy any residence in this subdivision except servants. | 507 | Plat |
| Lacey | Long Lake Shore Acres | All sale of tracts in Long Lake Shore Acres shall be limited to members of the Caucasian race. | 23 | Deed/CCR |
| Lacey | Mountain View Addition | That said premises shall never be sold, leased, or rented to any Negro, Mulatto, Indian, Chinaman, Japanese, or person of the so-called Black, Brown, or Yellow races. | 105 | Deed |
| Olympia | Bates Extension of Hazard Stevens Farm | That said premises shall never be leased, rented or sold to any negro, Mulatto, Indian, Chinaman, Japanese or other person of the so-called yellow races. | 83 | Deed |
| Olympia | Bates-Munro Subdivision | That said premises shall never be rented, sold, or leased to any Negro, Mulatto, Indian, Chinaman, Japanese or any the so-called "yellow races". | 20 | Deed |
| Olympia | Belvidere | No persons of any race other than the White or Caucasian race shall use or occupy any building or any lot, except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants of a different race domiciled with an owner or tenant. | 44 | CCR |
| Olympia | Bigelow Lake Subdivision | No persons of any race other than the White or Caucasian race shall use or occupy any building or any lot, except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants of a different race domiciled with an owner or tenant. | 31 | CCR |
| Olympia | F.W. Carlyon Fair Ground Acre Tracts Division Number 1 | That said premises shall never be rented, sold, or leased to any Negro, Mulatto, Indian, Chinaman, Japanese or any the so-called yellow races. | 7 | Deed |
| Olympia | F.W. Carlyon Fair Ground Acre Tracts Division Number 2 | That said premises shall never be rented, sold, or leased to any Negro, Mulatto, Indian, Chinaman, Japanese or any the so-called "yellow races". | 28 | Deed |
| Olympia | F.W. Carlyon Fair Ground Acre Tracts Division Number 3 | That said premises shall never be rented, sold, or leased to any Negro, Mulatto, Indian, Chinaman, Japanese or any the so-called yellow races. | 16 | Deed |
| Olympia | F.W. Carlyon Fair Ground Acre Tracts Division Number 5 | That said premises shall never be rented, sold, or leased to any Negro, Mulatto, Indian, Chinaman, Japanese or any the so-called yellow races. | 12 | Deed |
| Olympia | Fred .W. Carlyon's Sunset Addition | That said premises shall never be used or occupied by any Negro, Mulatto, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, or person of the so-called black, brown, or yellow race, except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants of a different race domiciled with an owner or tenant. | 55 | Deed |
| Olympia | Norton's Addition | That said premises shall never be used or occupied by any Negro, Mulatto, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, or person of the so-called black, brown, or yellow race, except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants of a different race domiciled with an owner or tenant. | 43 | CCR |
| Olympia | Scully's First Addition | That said premises shall never be used or occupied by any Negro, Mulatto, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, or person of the so-called black, brown, or yellow race, except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants of a different race domiciled with an owner or tenant. | 88 | CCR |
| Olympia | Stratford Park | No race of nationality other than the Caucasian race shall use or occupy any building on any lot, except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants, of a different race or nationality employed by an owner or tenant. | 37 | Plat |
| Olympia | Stratford Place | No race or nationality other than the Caucasian race shall use or occupy any building on any lot in Stratford Place except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants of a different race or nationality employed by an owner or tenant. | 24 | CCR |
| Olympia | Stratford Place Annex | No race of nationality other than the Caucasian race shall use or occupy any building on any lot, except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants of a different race or nationality employed by an owner or tenant. | 16 | Plat |
| Olympia | Stratford Place Annex 2 | No race of nationality other than the Caucasian race shall use or occupy any building on any lot, except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants of a different race or nationality employed by an owner or tenant. | 27 | Plat |
| Olympia | Ward's Homestead | ...that said premises never be sold, leased or rented to any negro, mulatto, Chinese, Japanese or any person of the so-called Black, Brown or Yellow races. | 11 | Deed |
| Tumwater | Des Chutes Addition | No lot or dwelling shall be rented, leased or sold to any Negro, Chinaman, Mulatto or any member of the so-called Black, Brown or Yellow races. | 54 | CCR |
| Tumwater | Manschraek's | That said premises shall never be rented, sold, or leased to any Negro, Mulatto, Indian, Chinaman, Japanese or any the so-called black, brown or yellow races. | 18 | Deed |
| Tumwater | Scott's Addition | No race or nationality other than the Caucasian Race shall use or occupy any building on any lot except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants of a different race or nationality, employed by an owner or tenant. | 29 | Plat |
| Tumwater | Brewer Extension to Mountain View | That said premises shall never be rented, sold, or leased to any Negro, Mulatto, Indian, Chinaman, Japanese or any the so-called black, brown or yellow race. | 20 | Deed |
| Yelm | Clearlake Highlands | No part of any lot in said tract shall ever be used or occupied by any negro, mulatto, or person of Chinese or Japanese extraction or descent, other than the servants. | 1 | Deed |
| Yelm | Pleasant Beach | That said premises shall never be used or occupied by any Negro, Mulatto, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, or person of the so-called black, brown, or yellow race, except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants of a different race domiciled with an owner or tenant. | 30 | Deed |
| ** | Glenwood Park | No persons of any race other than the White or Caucasian race shall use or occupy any building or any lot, except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants of a different race domiciled with an owner or tenant. | 59 | CCR |
| ** | Johnson Point | Said property, or any part thereof, shall be not owned, occupied, or let by or to any person other than of the white race, excepting that sevents not of the white race be actually employed by a bonafide owner or resident, may reside on the property. | 124 | Deed |
| ** | Mirimichi | No person of any race other than the White or Caucasian Race shall use or occupy any building or any lot in the plat except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants of a different race domiciled with an owner or tenant. | 38 | Deed |