From Chambers to Chalet

From Chambers to Chalet. . , In 1848, David and Elizabeth Harrison Chambers filed a claim for 640 acres of land on what became Chambers Prairie. Their home was located at this site, surrounded by fruit trees and livestock., In 1917, the family sold a portion of the homestead to the Olympia Golf and Country Club; the property was later acquired by the Mountain View Golf Club. The home served as the clubhouse and then a gathering place for Panorama City residents, until it was burned down to make way for the Chalet apartment building. The Chalet was dedicated in July 1968, attended by dignitaries including Governor Dan Evans and Senator Warren Magnuson. The design by Seattle architect George Bolotin reflects a mid-century modern taste for sweeping A-frame rooflines combined with Swiss Chalet-inspired trim., Captions , David and Elizabeth Chambers, Washington State Library Collection, Washington State Archives, Chambers Farm, 1890, painting by Edward Lange, David Chambers brought back a black Heart cherry tree from Oregon, which lived to an immense size and age, providing generations with cherry pie. See if you can spot Chambers family members perched in its limbs. Courtesy Washington State Historical Society, Mountain View Golf Club, Courtesy Lacey Museum Courtesy Washington State Historical Society, For orientation, you are standing at the site of the Chambers home. The driveway would have been at the current location of Willow Street, and the southern lobe of Chambers Lake can be seen as a sliver of blue in the distance. Chalet Dedication Panorama Resident Archives, Panel design by Amber Raney with text by Deborah Ross and Peggy Jamerson.