Clarke Historical Museum

Bank of Eureka Building
Clarke Historical Museum, December 2010
Location 240 E St., Eureka, California
Coordinates 40°48′13″N 124°9′59″W / 40.80361°N 124.16639°W / 40.80361; -124.16639Coordinates: 40°48′13″N 124°9′59″W / 40.80361°N 124.16639°W / 40.80361; -124.16639
Area less than one acre
Built 1911
Architect Pissis, Albert
Architectural style Renaissance
NRHP reference # 82002180[1]
Added to NRHP April 12, 1982

The Clarke Historical Museum (formerly the Clarke Memorial Museum) in Eureka, California contains the area's premier collection of California North Coast regional and cultural history, with significant focus on the 19th Century Victorian era. The facility has an entire Native American wing, which features an extensive internationally recognized collection of basketry, regalia, stoneware, implements, and other objects indicative of the culture and creativity of local and regional Native American groups. The Clarke Museum is a 501 (c)3 non-profit.

The Clarke Museum was founded in 1960 by local history teacher Cecile Clarke; the collection had previously been housed at Eureka High School (where Ms. Clarke taught). The Museum was named for her parents and was purchased with money from the sale of her family's sheep ranch. The Native American wing, Nealis Hall, was built in 1979. [2]

The Bank Building

The museum is housed in the former Bank of Eureka & Savings Bank of Humboldt Building (1911) in Old Town Eureka, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The bank building is a Classical Revival or Neoclassical structure, notable for its elevations, which are covered in glazed architectural terra-cotta over brick. It is the most significant structure covered in this material north of San Francisco. Quoined pavilions flank the recessed portico supported by ionic columns and an extensive balustraded parapet appears above the cornice.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ http://www.clarkemuseum.org/about-the-clarke.html
  3. ↑ Overhold, Ken (Editor) (1987, Second Edition 1994). Eureka: An Architectural Heritage. Eureka, California: Eureka Heritage Society. p. 270. ISBN 0-9615004-0-9. Check date values in: |date= (help)


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