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Historical Clippings Book (HC-10) (430 pages)
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1e Mar tin Luther Mar aY// House NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA
"in Luther Marsh, born in Middletown,
», in 1831, came to California’ in
J. He spent time in Sacramento,
ada City and Iowa Hill before settling
ianently in Nevada City in 1859. His
ness enterprises did so well that in
2 he trayeled to the East, returning
the same year by way of the Isthmus
anama on the clipper ship “Orizaba.”
na Ann Ward was traveling from Wissin on the same ship with her mother
sister to join her father in Santa Cruz.
‘ra two year courtship, Emma Ann
ried Martin Luther and) came. to
ida City in 1864 to a'new home on
_ Avenue.
‘e years later Mr. Marsh purchased the
of Boulder ‘Street Hill and began: constion of his new house in the spring
1873. The design of the house was
n from Sloan’s ‘The Model Archi°? a Victorian pattern book pub:d in 1852.
house Mr. Marsh built for his family
formal ‘rendition of the Victorian
anate Style, translated by local buildinto a unique, beautifully detailed
{ Country Villa. Exterior elements
typically Classic in style and. aré deused on buildings in Europe and
srica from the Sixteenth through the
steenth Centuries. They. are riominally
cred to as “Italianate” because of
origins in Classic buildings in Renaice Italy.
These details are briefly: ‘the hiproofed
cupola with arched windows, the heavily
modeled and bracketed cornice, pediments
over the. windows, pine siding on the
front scored ‘to simulate stone; and the:
imitation. beveled stone quoins at the
corners of the building. The formal,
symmetrical arrangement of rooms is also
typical of the style.
M.L. Marsh was a lumberman: and ‘had
been a carpenter before coming to Calif.
ornia. His lumberyard was across Boulder
Street from “‘The Big House.” The interior
sugarpine woodwork is a tribute to his
taste and the skill and judgement of the.
builders.. The materials’ are all native:
foundations of quarried rock in a limeand-sand mortar; inner foundation walls
of local brick; cedar and red fir beams —
some 32 feet long.
Emma Ann Marsh died in July, 1873,
while the house was still under construction. The family occupied the’ house,
however, and it was the home of Martin
Luther Marsh and ‘his children well into
the 20th:Century.
In 1954, Lucille Marsh Christie, granddaughter, of M.Li Marsh, returned to
Neyada City. With her husband, James.
Bryan, she restored and rebuilt the home
as it now stands — one of. the most impressive reminders of Victorian design
and construction in the Northern Mines,
an eloquent visual reminder of the nineteenth Century.
EIS
The Study. Rare book collection from
the 19th Century. Research Library of
The American Victorian Museum; Marsh
Family memorabilia.
The Music’ Room. Nineteenth Century
square grand piano; Victorian reed organ
originally ‘from Nevada City (loaned by
Karen & Mel Locher of Auburn):
Dining Room. Collection of paintings and’
prints from the 19th Century, principally
aye by Dr. Joseph A. Baird, Jr.
Kast Bedtaom. Original sleigh bed and
Victorian furniture.
Front Bedrooni. The Eastlake Suite loaned
by the Searls Family from the: historic
Niles Searls House, Nevada City. :
West Bedroom-'lhe elaborate master bedroom suite from bonanza king James L.
Flood’s Linden Towers.in San Mateo.
Playroom. Games, puzzles, toys and paintings from the American Victorian Museum
collection.
Bathroom. Original. porcelain water closet
from Lege & Shaw, Nevada City; original
tin bathtub.
Trunk Room. 19th Century quilts and
fabrics, including a rare Jacquard loom,
coverlet and a ‘knitted spread in shell or
fan pattern from Virginia, c. 1840.