Combellack-Blair House
National Register of Historic Places

Combellack-Blair House

Placerville, El Dorado County, California
Listed
February 14, 1985
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
85000259

About this property

The Combellack–Blair House is a historic house in the Gold Rush town of Placerville, in El Dorado County, California, built in 1895. The landmark house was placed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on February 14, 1985. The Combellack–Blair House, designed in the Queen Anne Style of the Late Victorian architecture era, was built by William Hill Combellack in 1895. One of the residence's early owners operated Combellack's, a store on Main Street in Placerville. The Arthur Blair family purchased it in 1924. It served as a bed and breakfast for several years, but is now a private residence. The home was featured in a Thomas Kinkade painting, Victorian Christmas. Kinkade, who grew up in Placerville, felt the house was the kind that "begged to be painted"; he placed it in an idealized turn of the 20th century Christmas scene. National Register of Historic Places listings in El Dorado County, California

Location

3059 Cedar Ravine
Placerville, El Dorado County, California
38.72793, -120.79477

Categories

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Sources

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When was Combellack-Blair House listed on the National Register?

Combellack-Blair House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 14, 1985.

What type of historic resource is Combellack-Blair House?

Combellack-Blair House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Combellack-Blair House is recorded as the industrial era, specifically around 1895.

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