Historic Campbell House

The Museum of Arts and Culture is working on preserving the historic Campbell House and has experts in fabric conservation going through the museum mansion.

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Sat., Jan. 7, 2017

Mitchell Powell, head conservator with MPF Conservation, assesses the condition of a printed burlap wallcovering in the basement den of the Campbell House. As part of the Museum of Arts and Culture’s continuing work of preserving the historic Campbell House, experts in fabric conservation have been assessing the condition of wallcovering and draperies in the museum mansion in Browne’s Addition.

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File-The dining room of Campbell House once again is seen as it was furnished when it was the home of the late Mr. and Mrs. Amos B. Campbell. This view shows the chairs and the table in 1969.

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File-Two figures in costumes of the 1890s are seen in an upper room of Campbell House which is being restored to represent its original appearance in 1968. Ceilings and floors have been repaired and wallpaper, curtains, draperies replaced. Large rooms were prevalent in early day mansions.

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File-This is the drawing room of Campbell House which shows the woodwork and recessed fireplace at the end of the long room in 1968. The large table in the center of the room was among the original furnishings when the late Mr. and Mrs. A.B. Campbell resided in the house which was built for them. The figures are dressed in some of the gowns of Eastern Washington State Historical Society's collection. The Campbell House committee is anxious to find suitable furniture of the period to complete the various rooms of the Browne's Addition mansion. A benefit style show luncheon Sept. 16 at the Davenport will raise funds for the restoration of Campbell House. The theme of the show, to be presented by the Crescent, will be "The Age of Elegance" showing a modern version of the elegance which marked the period when the city's grand mansions were a symbol of its wealth and formal way of life.

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File-Bedroom of Campbell House in 1968.

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File-Campbell House Conservatory in 1967.

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File-Mrs. Richard N. Kleaveland (left) and Mrs. Herman Hindin are seen in the dining room of Campbell House with a tea service which belonged to Kirtland K. Cutter, who designed the mansion for early-day mining man, A. B. Campbell in 1966. This service will be used at a tea which is planned there for members of the Washington State Medical Association and its auxiliary following an "Historical Tour" of the Spokane area Monday afternoon. The Spokane House Interpretation Center is on the Tour.

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File- Standing by the Delft tile fireplace in the Campbell House dining room, Mrs. T.M. Curtin, S2004 Rockwood Blvd., models an ensemble that has the exciting Chanel blazer look in 1964. The dress and multi-pocketed blazer are of palest pink, blended stripes in a texture fabric of cotton, silk and rayon. Fashion details worthy of note are the wide neckline of the jacket filled in by the dress and the high-bosomed shaping achieved partly by the placement of the pockets and partly by careful seaming.

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File- Left to right, William W. DeNeff, advisory architect of the Campbell House Restoration Committee; Mrs. William C. Fix, vice president and representative in a newly created board post, and Mrs. Robert P. Beschel, both of the Junior League of Spokane, view the walls of the stairway at the 1898 mansion which soon will be covered with paper exactly duplicating original in 1962.

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File- The Campbell House in a 1958 photo or Grace Campbell Memorial Building as it was called at the time.

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File- Grace Campbell, Memorial museum, W2316 First, was home of A.B. Campbell, mining operator in Coeur d'Alenes and British Columbia. Photo taken in 1950s.

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File-The Campbell House in a 1950 photo.

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File- The Campbell House in a 1957 photo or Grace Campbell Mansion as it was called at the time.

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