James Beauchamp Clark House

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James Beauchamp Clark House
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Location204 E. Champ Clark Dr.
Bowling Green, Missouri
Coordinates 39°20′29″N91°11′27″W / 39.34139°N 91.19083°W / 39.34139; -91.19083 Coordinates: 39°20′29″N91°11′27″W / 39.34139°N 91.19083°W / 39.34139; -91.19083
Arealess than one acre
Built1888 (1888)
ArchitectEzra Kirkland
NRHP reference No. 76001114
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 8, 1976 [1]
Designated NHLDecember 8, 1976 [2]

The James Beauchamp Clark House, also known as "Champ" Clark House or Honey Shuck, is a historic house museum at 207 East Champ Clark Drive in Bowling Green, Missouri, the seat of Pike County. Designated as a National Historic Landmark, it is the only known surviving home of James Beauchamp Clark (1851–1921), a leading US Congressman of the early 20th century. [2] [3] [4] It is regularly open for tours in the summer, and otherwise by appointment.

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Description and history

The Clark House is located in a residential area on Bowling Green's east side, on the north side of East Champ Clark Drive between Charles and Penn streets. It is a two-story wood-frame structure, built in 1888 by Ezra Kirkland, with ells projecting north off the northeast and northwest corners. A porch wraps around the front and sides, its flat roof supported by turned columns and jigsawn brackets, with a spindled valance between the posts. The interior has been restored to an appearance consistent with the time of Clark's occupancy. [3]

The house was purchased in 1898 by James Beauchamp Clark, several years after he had been elected to the United States Congress. Rising in the Democratic Party, Clark became first the minority leader of the House of Representatives (1908), and Speaker of the House in 1911, when the Democrats gained control of the body. He was a leading contender for the Democratic Party nomination for president in 1912 but did not get it. Clark served as Speaker of the House until 1919. The next year, he was voted out of office in a Republican landslide in 1920. [3]

After Clark's ownership, the house was converted into multiple residences. [3] In the late 20th century, it was acquired by a local non-profit and restored as a museum.

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. 1 2 ""Champ" Clark House". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2009-03-01. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
  3. 1 2 3 4 National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: James Beauchamp Clark House (pdf), National Park Service and Accompanying photos, exterior and interior, from 19  (32 KB)
  4. Note: A National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination document should be available upon request from the National Park Service for this site, but it appears not to be available on-line from the NPS Focus search site Archived 2012-08-03 at the Wayback Machine .