Sergeant Clark House
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Sergeant Clark House
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Sergeant Clark House
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| Nearest city | Oak Harbor, Washington |
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| Area | 17,400 acres (7,000 ha) |
| Part of | Central Whidbey Island Historic District (#73001869) |
| Added to NRHP | December 12, 1973 |
The Sergeant Clark House built in 1892 is a Vernacular style farmhouse located in Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve in Coupeville on Whidbey Island, Washington. The Queen Anne Style—Eastlake Movement architecture represents application of structural detail and ornamentation, and an early period of community growth.
The house is situated on a 40,000-square-foot (3,700 m2) land parcel in and a part of the Thomas Coupe Donation Claim, in the Central Whidbey Island Historic District. Through continuous restoration, it has retained its integrity of design, materials, and workmanship.
Thomas N. Richards was born in Devonshire England in 1847 and settled in Washington in 1869. He was likely a farmer and dairyman. According to Snohomish County records, he married Ruby Burce (born in Maine) in Seattle December 18, 1880. Ruby was the daughter of John Burce, an American Civil War veteran who died during the war, and Ada a resident of Whatcom County. Thomas and Ruby had sixteen children. Thomas Richards built the Sergeant Clark House in 1892. He died in 1899.
It was bought in 1908 by Sergeant Thomas Clark, a soldier stationed at nearby Fort Casey. Clark retired from the service and lived in the house until his death in 1930. “... Jo De Vries' ... grandfather, first ordnance sergeant Thomas Clark, a career Army man, was posted to Fort Casey around 1900. Her father, who was also named Thomas Clark, worked at the fort as a civilian engineer, under the first chief engineer, Mr. O.W. Degan. I was born in what was the old post office, up on the hill, De Vries recalls. At that time, the fort was bustling with 1,000 men. There was a hospital, a bakery, a bandstand, a tailor's shop, the post exchange, a blacksmith shop, and a jail, De Vries said. It was a lovely place. It makes her sad to think of the many old military buildings that have been torn down. De Vries remembers the huge noise made by the big guns. They shook the earth pretty good!”
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