Honor Mansion

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Coordinates 38°37′13.26″N122°52′34.17″W / 38.6203500°N 122.8761583°W / 38.6203500; -122.8761583 Coordinates: 38°37′13.26″N122°52′34.17″W / 38.6203500°N 122.8761583°W / 38.6203500; -122.8761583
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  • Steve Fowler
  • Cathi Fowler
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Floor count 2
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Number of rooms 13
Number of suites 5
Number of restaurants 1
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The Honor Mansion is a historic building located in Healdsburg, California, United States. Built in 1883, the mansion remained in the same family until 1994. It is now a bed and breakfast accommodation.

Healdsburg, California City in California, United States

Healdsburg is a city located in Sonoma County, in California's Wine Country. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city had a population of 11,254. Healdsburg is a small tourist-oriented town in northern Sonoma County. Due to its three most important wine-producing regions, Healdsburg has been continuously awarded one of the top 10 small towns in America and is home to three of the top wineries in the United States.

United States Federal republic in North America

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States or America, is a country composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions. At 3.8 million square miles, the United States is the world's third or fourth largest country by total area and is slightly smaller than the entire continent of Europe's 3.9 million square miles. With a population of over 327 million people, the U.S. is the third most populous country. The capital is Washington, D.C., and the largest city by population is New York City. Forty-eight states and the capital's federal district are contiguous in North America between Canada and Mexico. The State of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east and across the Bering Strait from Russia to the west. The State of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U.S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, stretching across nine official time zones. The extremely diverse geography, climate, and wildlife of the United States make it one of the world's 17 megadiverse countries.

Bed and breakfast small lodging establishment

A bed and breakfast is a small lodging establishment that offers overnight accommodation and breakfast. Bed and breakfasts are often private family homes and typically have between four and eleven rooms, with six being the average. In addition, a B&B usually has the hosts living in the house.

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History

The historic mansion was built in 1883 by William "Squire" Butcher in the Victorian Italianate style. [1] Butcher was wealthy, having made money during the California Gold Rush. He discovered gold after his wagon full of potbelly stoves collapsed due to the weight. The collapse exposed a vein of gold underneath the wagon. At the time he built the mansion, he was a cattle rancher. He started raising cattle after he discovered gold and bought a property in Vacaville, California, to start his new business. Eventually, Butcher, his wife, and four daughters relocated to Healdsburg, near the Pacific Union College, where his children would attend college. Upon relocating to Healdsburg, he built the mansion that would eventually be called the Honor Mansion. [2]

Mansion large dwelling house

A mansion is a large dwelling house. The word itself derives through Old French from the Latin word mansio "dwelling", an abstract noun derived from the verb manere "to dwell". The English word manse originally defined a property large enough for the parish priest to maintain himself, but a mansion is no longer self-sustaining in this way. Manor comes from the same root—territorial holdings granted to a lord who would "remain" there—hence it is easy to see how the word mansion got its meaning.

California Gold Rush gold rush from 1848 until 1854 in California

The California Gold Rush (1848–1855) began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. The news of gold brought approximately 300,000 people to California from the rest of the United States and abroad. The sudden influx of gold into the money supply reinvigorated the American economy, and the sudden population increase allowed California to go rapidly to statehood, in the Compromise of 1850. The Gold Rush had severe effects on Native Californians and resulted in a precipitous population decline from disease, genocide and starvation. By the time it ended, California had gone from a thinly populated ex-Mexican territory, to having one of its first two U.S. Senators, John C. Frémont, selected to be the first presidential nominee for the new Republican Party, in 1856.

Wagon four wheeled vehicle (mostly pulled by draught animals)

A wagon is a heavy four-wheeled vehicle pulled by draught animals or on occasion by humans, used for transporting goods, commodities, agricultural materials, supplies and sometimes people.

Butcher's daughter, Bertha, married Henry Honor, who was also a rancher. Bertha gave birth to a son, Herbert Clyde. Herbert Clyde became a medical doctor and married Vera, also a doctor. The couple went to the Philippines to medical services as missionaries. When World War II erupted, the couple were imprisoned by the Japanese and were prisoners of war for 10 months. Eventually, in 1958, they were freed and returned to Healdsburg. The couple moved back to the mansion, providing primary care services to the community in an annex located on the property. [2]

Philippines Republic in Southeast Asia

The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Situated in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of about 7,641 islands that are categorized broadly under three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. The capital city of the Philippines is Manila and the most populous city is Quezon City, both part of Metro Manila. Bounded by the South China Sea on the west, the Philippine Sea on the east and the Celebes Sea on the southwest, the Philippines shares maritime borders with Taiwan to the north, Vietnam to the west, Palau to the east, and Malaysia and Indonesia to the south.

World War II 1939–1945 global war

World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. The vast majority of the world's countries—including all the great powers—eventually formed two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. A state of total war emerged, directly involving more than 100 million people from over 30 countries. The major participants threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. World War II was the deadliest conflict in human history, marked by 50 to 85 million fatalities, most of whom were civilians in the Soviet Union and China. It included massacres, the genocide of the Holocaust, strategic bombing, premeditated death from starvation and disease, and the only use of nuclear weapons in war.

Primary care day-to-day health care given by a health care provider

Primary care is the day-to-day healthcare given by a health care provider. Typically this provider acts as the first contact and principal point of continuing care for patients within a healthcare system, and coordinates other specialist care that the patient may need. Patients commonly receive primary care from professionals such as a primary care physician, a nurse practitioner, or a physician assistant. In some localities, such a professional may be a registered nurse, a pharmacist, a clinical officer, or a Ayurvedic or other traditional medicine professional. Depending on the nature of the health condition, patients may then be referred for secondary or tertiary care.

At one point, the couple renovated the mansion, making one room a living quarter for themselves and two other rooms that would serve as guest rooms, for travelers, marking the shift from family home to bed and breakfast. The two families (Butcher and Honor) owned the property for 108 years total. [2]

In 1994, [3] Cathi and Steve Fowler purchased the property. The property underwent six months of renovations and reopened as a bed & breakfast resort. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Kathy Strong (1 June 2006). Recommended Bed and Breakfasts California. Globe Pequot Press. p. 92. ISBN   978-0-7627-4058-1.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Historic Inns in California". California Association of Bed & Breakfast Inns. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  3. ↑ Kelly, Mike (17 May 2008). "'Sideways' in Sonoma Northern California county welcomes wine lovers" (Daily Herald). Paddock Publications. Retrieved 23 March 2016.[ permanent dead link ]
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