Capture California, the Game-2012
Adventure: 051, Site 165 –
Cook House
National Registry ID: 1983001207
Team: Thing One, Thing Two
Date: September 22, 2012
Location:
Latitude: 37°18′17″N
Longitude: 120°28′42″W
Address:
356 West 21st Street, Merced, CA
Date Built: 1887
Architect: P.A. Buell & Company
Major George Beecher Cook, that is the official name of this house. When we came up to it, it looked more German with the spires on the side. It sort of reminds Thing One of a sea captain's home. For at least 30 years, it has called the Greenbrier House. It is on the National Registry for Historic Places, but the plaque is behind a gate and hard to get a good picture of it.
From NRHP:
The house was the residence of an important early merchant: and civic leader, Major George Beecher Cook, said to have been a relative of the noted American writer, Harriet Beecher Stowe. Major Cook was a native of Connecticut, and enlisted as a private in the Army of the Potomac when the Civil War broke out. He served through the war and left with the rank of Major. After the war he came to San Francisco and went into business with Thomas O'Connor. In approximately 1880, he moved to Merced and established the grocery firm of 0'Connor and Cook. After a few years, he bought out his partner and operated the business himself until his death. In 1882 he married Mrs. Cora Hanna of San Francisco. He was prominent in the Republican Party and eventually served as Mayor of the City of Merced. He died on November 24, 1898 at his home; the Merced Express described him as an "enterprising and patriotic citizen". His prominence was noted as far away as San Francisco, where the San Francisco Call carried the news of his death. He was 63 years of age at the time of his death.
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