| History
On May 6, 1996, The Littleton T.
Clarke House was entered into the National Register of Historic
Places in recognition of its historic significance. This
historic home's location on the corner of Second Street and Walnut Street
contributes to the greatest concentration of Victorian homes that
survived three major fires in the Town's history.
The original owners, Littleton Thomas
Clarke and his wife, Ammaret Clarke, built this grand home circa
1860. By 1864, the Clarke Family included five children.
For those passing by, it would have seemed the family was had made
it both financially and socially.
On Tuesday, November 13, 1866,
Littleton T. Clarke died of pneumonia at the age of
thirty-six. Within two years, Ammaret Clarke had lost her home
and four of her five children. They are buried in Pitts Creek
Cemetery near the present day Winter Quarters golf course.
The house was transferred to Benjamin
Cator in July 1869 for an unheard of sum of $3000 and years later
the house went to Jeremiah T. Speights. In 1889, Marietta E.
Clarke purchased the property and it remained in the Clarke family
until the mid-twentieth century.
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