Buildings Used for Contemporary Use: The Queen Anne Style Home

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In the town of Cloverdale, California at 302 North Main Street stands one of the most prominent historical structures of the town. The Queen Anne style home, which many since the early 1980s has only known as Tower Bed and Breakfast, are unaware of its rich and historical past in the town. However the Simon Pinschower house has held many different purposes since its construction. Thankfully individuals have found differing purposes for the house throughout the decades to help it maintain a sense of dominance in the town, and to save it from what has happened to so many homes and business buildings in the town. Despite the different uses that this structure has served throughout the years, the enormous size and grand façade of the structure makes it a very important and prominent building to have standing in Cloverdale, and to be such a large part of the history of the town. For many years throughout my childhood, I always just thought of this as an old pretty house that was painted with more colors than your average home. However upon visiting the Cloverdale Historical Society soon after it was able to reopen my first year of my Master’s degree I learned that this house has a very rich history.
The Simon Pinschower house was constructed in approximately 1901 in Cloverdale, California by Simon Pinschower and his wife. Simon Pinschower was a prominent businessman who owned a very high end department store in Santa Rosa, California. Santa Rosa is approximately forty miles from his home. The Cloverdale Historical Society has a deed dated August 14, 1901, and they believe that construction on the house began the same year. The deed states that the couple purchased the property on which the home was built for fifteen hundred dollars in...

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...l retreat. Locals are also always seen strolling by to simply stand outside and enjoy its elegant façade. It is evident that the Simon Pinschower home will continue to evolve for contemporary use and remain a prominent structure in Cloverdale, California History.

Works Cited

"National Register #82002276: Simon Pinschower House in Cloverdale, California." National Register. http://www.noehill.com/sonoma/nat1982002276.asp (accessed March 30, 2014).

The Press Democrat. "History for Sale: Vintage Towers Bed & Breakfast." Welcome to Cloverdale. http://cloverdale.towns.pressdemocrat.com/2012/07/news/history-for-sale-vintage-toewrs-bed-and-breakfast/ (accessed March 30, 2014).
United States National Preservation Service. "Simon Pinschower House." National Register for Historic Places. http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/82002276.pdf (accessed March 28, 2014).

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