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==History==
==History==
The Combellack-Blair House, designed in the [[Queen Anne Style architecture (United States)|Queen Anne Style]] of the Late [[Victorian architecture]] era, 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> One of the residence's early 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> The Arthur Blair family purchased it in 1924. 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>
The Combellack-Blair House, designed in the [[Queen Anne Style architecture (United States)|Queen Anne Style]] of the Late [[Victorian architecture]] era, was built by William Hill Combellack 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> One of the residence's early 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> The Arthur Blair family purchased it in 1924. 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>


====Thomas Kinkade====
====Thomas Kinkade====
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>


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 12:12, 15 September 2010

Combellack-Blair House
Combellack–Blair House is located in California
Combellack–Blair House
Location3059 Cedar Ravine, Placerville, California
Built1895
Architectural styleQueen Anne Late Victorian
NRHP reference No.85000259[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 14, 1985

The Combellack-Blair House is a historic house in the Gold Rush town of Placerville, in El Dorado County, California. The landmark house was placed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on February 14, 1985.

History

The Combellack-Blair House, designed in the Queen Anne Style of the Late Victorian architecture era, was built by William Hill Combellack in 1895.[2] One of the residence's early owners operated Combellack's, a store on Main Street in Placerville.[3] The Arthur Blair family purchased it in 1924. It served as a bed and breakfast for several years, but is now a private residence.[4]

Thomas Kinkade

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]

See also

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
  2. ^ a b Combellack-Blair House Bed & Breakfast, KVIE, Accessed August 2, 2009.
  3. ^ Ford and Ellen Osborn, Day Trip #1 - Exploring Main Street Placerville, El Dorado County Visitors Authority, May 2002, Accessed August 2, 2009.
  4. ^ Historic Bed & Breakfast Inns 1852 - 1915, El Dorado County, Accessed August 2, 2009.
  5. ^ Thomas Kinkade, Victorian Christmas, thomaskinkade.com, Accessed August 2, 2009.
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