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WO 155538-D
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Undated photograph of the Meeker Mansion. Designed by architect C.A. Darmer, the 17-room home of Northwest pioneer Ezra Meeker was built about 1889. The Victorian era home is on the State and National Registries and is currently being restored. Meeker platted and named the town of Puyallup, served as its first mayor, and brought electricity and water to the town. His venture into the hops growing business brought him acclaim as the "Hop King of the World." Meeker brought the attention of the nation to the preservation of the Oregon Trail route on which he had traveled back in 1852, when he re-traced his journey of 2000+ miles via ox-drawn covered wagon in 1906. He was nearly 76 years old. After his wife's death, Meeker would sell his home which would later become a G.A.R. widows' home and even later, a museum. (meekermansion.org) TPL-5686
Meeker, Ezra, 1830-1928--Homes & haunts;