Alexander Clark House

Alexander Clark House
Location 203 W. 3rd St.
Muscatine, Iowa
Coordinates 41°25′17″N 91°2′53″W / 41.42139°N 91.04806°WCoordinates: 41°25′17″N 91°2′53″W / 41.42139°N 91.04806°W
Built 1879
Architectural style Italianate
Governing body Private
NRHP Reference # 76000796[1]
Added to NRHP October 14, 1976

The Alexander Clark House is an historic house located in Muscatine, Iowa, United States. The house is associated with Alexander Clark (1826-1891), an African American civil rights pioneer and US Minister to Liberia. Clark was a 19th century abolitionist who made his home in Muscatine for most of his adult life. He fought and won for the integration of public schools in Iowa when his daughter was forbidden to attend her neighborhood school. The case went to the Iowa Supreme Court, which resulted in the integration of all schools in the state.[2] He was an associate of Frederick Douglass, helped to establish Iowa’s only Colored regiment during the American Civil War, and the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Muscatine.[3][4] Clark was named the Minister to Liberia in 1890 by President Benjamin Harrison, where he died a year later. The house was built in 1879 after a fire destroyed Clark’s previous house. It was moved 200 feet (61 m) from its original location in 1975,[2] and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Michael Ferguson (2010-07-27). "Man pursues historic designation for Clark house". Muscatine Journal. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
  3. ↑ Erin Tiesman (2010-02-19). "Making history — again". Muscatine Journal. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
  4. ↑ "Proclamation: Alexander G. Clark Week". City of Muscatine. Retrieved 2012-04-23.