About Douglas Williams House [-]
In 1909, copper company executive James S. “Jimmy Rawhide” Douglas engaged the Arizona Architectural and Construction Co. to build a house for him. It was constructed in the still-new town in Arizona’s southeast corner where two copper smelters stood. Located on the northeast corner of 10th Street and D Avenue, the 4,500-square-foot house cost $14,000, about $1.5 million today. Built largely of redwood with maple and fir floors, there are 11 rooms on the ground floor and seven rooms upstairs. All have 10 to 11-foot ceilings. The property’s carriage house, which originally held stable and a tack room, now hosts Douglas Fire Dept. equipment, including a 1902 hose cart and 1916 Seagraves fire engine. Generally considered to be modified Prairie style, the Douglas-Williams House faces the town’s first park, and is across D Avenue from another landmark, Church Square. That block features a church of a different denomination on each of its four corners. James S. Douglas called the house his home until 1938. Five years later, he sold it to Ben F. Williams, Sr., who renovated the interior and upgraded all the utilities. In the early 1960s, Williams’ wife, Dorothy, remodeled the interior with wallpaper, paint and other details, which is what visitors see today.
About Admissions [-]
Admission is free with donations gratefully accepted.
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A collaborative effort, involving many volunteers as well as government, corporate and private agencies, recently resulted in re-roofing and interior remodeling of the museum’s carriage house. The renovated display area was dedicated may 16 during the annual Douglas Days celebration. The building now is home to the Douglas Fire Department’s first piece of equipment, a 1902 hose cart, and its one-of-a-kind 1916 Seagrave fire engine. Both are original, down to their wood spoke wheels. Visitors can also see a Gamewell fire call box and vintage fire hydrants and fire extinguishers.
New display : New displays in the Douglas-Williams Museum feature remarkable Douglas woman and women’s fashions.
One of the remarkable woman was Lizzie R. Leake. In 1902, she walked with her family from Texas to Douglas and homesteaded on land seven miles northwest of Douglas. Leake’s parents and siblings also homesteaded in the area, but it was Lizzie who was honored in 1962 as Arizona’s oldest living homesteader still residing on her property. Women’s fashions during the first 60 years of the 20th Century is the other new display. Five outfits are presented along with a selection of hats, costume jewelry, and other female fashion accessories such as hankies, purses and gloves. A portion of the display includes information about Ida B. Boileau, a Douglas milliner (hat maker) in the 1920s-40s. Well-educated and extensively trained, Boileau arrived in Douglas in 1910. Her Exclusive Millinery shop was at 530 10th St
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Museum Address:
1001 Ave D Douglas AZ, United States, 85608.
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