Museums
Telephone Museum
Check pricesA brick former telephone exchange in Cle Elum that shows how local phone service worked from 1876 to 1970.
Museums
Carpenter House Museum
A 1914 mansion in Cle Elum that preserves the history of the area's mining communities and the family of a local banker and former mayor.
302 West 3rd Street, Cle Elum, WA 98922 · Cle Elum, WA
About Carpenter House Museum
The Carpenter House is a 1914 mansion in Cle Elum, Washington, run as a history museum by the Northern Kittitas County Historical Society. Its rooms tell the story of Frank Carpenter, the town's first successful banker and a former mayor, and his family. The Carpenter family gave the home and its original furnishings to the society in 1989 to become a museum. Local families later added furniture and old country costumes to reflect the town's past. An artists' group provides docent and caretaking services in exchange for gallery space, and its art exhibits change monthly. The third floor ballroom holds a display on local history, and the basement serves as a community room for meetings, workshops, and history lectures.
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