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Ezra Meeker owned and resided in two homes in Puyallup. The first home of the Meeker family was a cabin on the homestead claim which Meeker purchased from Jerry Stilly. This was a one-room cabin, square on the claim. Meeker added a second room, doubling the size with double fireplace made of float lava rock between them. The Meeker family lived here from 1862 until 1886. The wooden cabin disappeared over time.〔 After the move to the mansion, Meeker donated the cabin site to the city, who created Pioneer Park. Several steel and concrete pillars outline the dimensions of the original cabin. The ivy vine covering the pillars grew over the original cabin. A statue of Ezra Meekr was placed in the park and dedicated during his lifetime.〔 The family moved into the mansion in 1886 or 1887. It is believed that construction on the mansion was completed about 1890. Mr. Meeker had become wealthy through the production of hops. He was known as the ''"Hop King of the World."'' During the years that Meeker lived in the mansion, he worked to trace and mark the Oregon Trail.〔 Meeker spent many hours writing about the Oregon Trail and the history of the Puget Sound. He produced twelve books on these topics. The Meeker Mansion was the social and political center of the valley, during Ezra Meekers life. There are holly trees which he brought from England and also a ginkgo tree.〔 ==Exterior== The house has white clapboard siding and ornate wooden trim around all the window and below the eaves. A large front porch has a balcony on the second floor. A smaller balcony is on the east side of the house on the second floor. A porte-cochere, or carriage entrance, is on the west side with a wooden, circular stair to the sun porch. Porches and balconies are decorated with wooden railings and pillars. The foundation is gray stone and a widow's walk tops the mansion.〔Nickel, Gale Brian, Ezra Meeker Mansion; United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service; Nomination Form; Washington D.C., August 26, 1971〕 The pillars of the front porch and the carriage porte-cochere have been replaced with ordinary wooden posts.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ezra Meeker Mansion」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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