Howell Queen Anne Victorian
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brwhiz
N 35° 23.584 W 119° 01.197
11S E 316549 N 3918507
This Queen Anne style Victorian, built for William Howell in 1891, has been relocated to the grounds of the Pioneer Village at the Kern County Museum in Bakersfield.
Waymark Code: WMJE4C
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 11/06/2013
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The interpretive sign for the home reads:
Howell House
In 1891, William Howell hired local carpenter John Singleton to construct this Queen Anne style Victorian home on the northeast corner of 17th and H Streets in Bakersfield.
William Howell moved with his parents and sisters from Nebraska to Kern County in 1877. William became a court reporter for the Kern County Superior Court after his father died. William later became the County Auditor and a successful businessman.
William married Elizabeth Dugan, the daughter of Irish immigrants, in Bakersfield in 1901. William and Elizabeth raised two children, Genevieve and William Howell, Jr., in this home.
The Bakersfield Californian newspaper donated this house to the museum in 1969. The Howell family contributed the foundation for the house at its new site on the museum grounds.
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