Campbell House: The Making of a Landmark Catalog

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  • Campbell House: The Making of a Landmark explores the history of the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture’s Campbell House. From Amasa Campbell’s investment in the silver mines of northern Idaho and the building of the Kirtland Cutter-designed family home in Spokane to the Campbells as an affluent family in a Northwest city, the book ends with the mansion’s life as a museum and finally, a historic house. In the first chapter, journalist and historian Jim Kershner examines the Campbell family’s humble beginnings and the sociopolitical events of the mining industry’s early days. Former curator of history and Campbell House Marsha Rooney shares a look into the home as core of family life for Amasa, his wife Grace, and their daughter Helen in the second chapter. In the final chapter, former curator of history and Campbell House Freya Liggett traces the mansion’s evolving use as a memorial museum and eventual restoration as beloved community landmark and a historic house on the National Register of Historic Places. Illustrated with new photography of the house, historic photographs, and new photography of select decorative arts and fashion from the Campbell Family’s history, The Making of a Landmark is a thorough and beautiful tribute to “the house that silver built.”