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Designed in the [[Queen Anne Style architecture|Queen Anne]], [[Victorian architecture|late-Victorian style]], the home was built by William Hill Blair in 1895.<ref name="CVC">[http://www.centralvalleychronicles.org/on_the_road/600/623combellack.htm Combellack-Blair House Bed & Breakfast], KVIE, Accessed August 2, 2009.</ref> The Arthur Blair family purchased it in 1924. One of the owners operated Combellack's, a store on main street in Placerville.<ref name="WalkingTour">Ford and Ellen Osborn, [http://207.104.47.50/day_trip1.html Day Trip #1 - Exploring Main Street Placerville], El Dorado County Visitors Authority, May 2002, Accessed August 2, 2009.</ref> It served as a [[bed and breakfast]] for several years, but is now a private residence.<ref name="EDC">[http://co.el-dorado.ca.us/stories/HistoricBedBreakfast.html Historic Bed & Breakfast Inns 1852 - 1915], El Dorado County, Accessed August 2, 2009.</ref> |
Designed in the [[Queen Anne Style architecture|Queen Anne]], [[Victorian architecture|late-Victorian style]], the home was built by William Hill Blair in 1895.<ref name="CVC">[http://www.centralvalleychronicles.org/on_the_road/600/623combellack.htm Combellack-Blair House Bed & Breakfast], KVIE, Accessed August 2, 2009.</ref> The Arthur Blair family purchased it in 1924. One of the owners operated Combellack's, a store on main street in Placerville.<ref name="WalkingTour">Ford and Ellen Osborn, [http://207.104.47.50/day_trip1.html Day Trip #1 - Exploring Main Street Placerville], El Dorado County Visitors Authority, May 2002, Accessed August 2, 2009.</ref> It served as a [[bed and breakfast]] for several years, but is now a private residence.<ref name="EDC">[http://co.el-dorado.ca.us/stories/HistoricBedBreakfast.html Historic Bed & Breakfast Inns 1852 - 1915], El Dorado County, Accessed August 2, 2009.</ref> |
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The home was featured in a [[Thomas Kinkade]] painting, ''Victorian Christmas''.<ref name="CVC">[http://www.centralvalleychronicles.org/on_the_road/600/623combellack.htm Combellack-Blair House Bed & Breakfast], KVIE, Accessed August 2, 2009.</ref> Kinkade, who grew up in Placerville, felt the house was the kind that "beg to be painted"; he placed it an idealized turn of the 20th century Christmas scene.<ref name="Kinkadesite">Thomas Kinkade, [http://www.thomaskinkade.com/magi/servlet/com.asucon.ebiz.catalog.web.tk.CatalogServlet?catalogAction=Product&productId=69195 Victorian Christmas], thomaskinkade.com, Accessed August 2, 2009.</ref> |
The home was featured in a [[Thomas Kinkade]] painting, ''Victorian Christmas''.<ref name="CVC">[http://www.centralvalleychronicles.org/on_the_road/600/623combellack.htm Combellack-Blair House Bed & Breakfast], KVIE, Accessed August 2, 2009.</ref> Kinkade, who grew up in Placerville, felt the house was the kind that "beg to be painted"; he placed it an idealized turn of the 20th century [[Christmas]] scene.<ref name="Kinkadesite">Thomas Kinkade, [http://www.thomaskinkade.com/magi/servlet/com.asucon.ebiz.catalog.web.tk.CatalogServlet?catalogAction=Product&productId=69195 Victorian Christmas], thomaskinkade.com, Accessed August 2, 2009.</ref> |
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Combellack-Blair House | |
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| Location | 3059 Cedar Ravine, Placerville, California |
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| Built | 1895 |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian |
| NRHP reference No. | 85000259[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 14, 1985 |
The Combellack-Blair House is a historic house in Placerville, California. The building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on February 14, 1985.
Designed in the Queen Anne, late-Victorian style, the home was built by William Hill Blair in 1895.[2] The Arthur Blair family purchased it in 1924. One of the owners operated Combellack's, a store on main street in Placerville.[3] It served as a bed and breakfast for several years, but is now a private residence.[4]
The home was featured in a Thomas Kinkade painting, Victorian Christmas.[2] Kinkade, who grew up in Placerville, felt the house was the kind that "beg to be painted"; he placed it an idealized turn of the 20th century Christmas scene.[5]
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
- ^ a b Combellack-Blair House Bed & Breakfast, KVIE, Accessed August 2, 2009.
- ^ Ford and Ellen Osborn, Day Trip #1 - Exploring Main Street Placerville, El Dorado County Visitors Authority, May 2002, Accessed August 2, 2009.
- ^ Historic Bed & Breakfast Inns 1852 - 1915, El Dorado County, Accessed August 2, 2009.
- ^ Thomas Kinkade, Victorian Christmas, thomaskinkade.com, Accessed August 2, 2009.
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