Kirkman House

The Kirkman House is a credible case of the sumptuous 1880s, a time of broad development for Walla in downtown business structures and in fine homes. The Kirkman house is one of the Northwest's most extraordinary Victorian structures. It was worked by William Kirkman, who left Bolton, England amidst the nineteenth century and profited in cows in the West. The family moved into the home in 1880, and it was home to three ages of Kirkmans before the family offered it to Whitman College in 1919.William Kirkman came to Boston from Lancashire County, England as a young fellow in the 1850s.

His objective was to offer materials, however he was tricked to California by the Gold Rush. His mission for riches by means of prospecting drove him likewise to British Columbia, Australia and Idaho. He additionally put resources into cows in California and drove them to Boise and in 1866 he drove a pack prepare of diggers' provisions from Walla, Washington to Montana.