and higher quality (slightly thicker) than today's U.S. standard. Description The Sergeant Clark House exemplifies the use of local materials and tools. The house used balloon framing constructed of lumber milled in Port Townsend. The timber was likely old-growth timber logged from the Olympic Peninsula just before President Grover Cleveland designated Olympic Peninsula as forest reserve in 1897. The high quality of the wood is one reason the house persists and the original double-hung windows show little wear and continue to operate. Exterior The west facade of the Clark House is visible through dense woods from Main Street. The trees extend only about fifty feet from the road, however, and the east facade looks out over open fields. The other facades are obscured from general view by the woods. The house, which has two stories and an attic, is basically rectangular with an intersecting side wing extending to the west. The main part of the house has a gabled hip roof, while the wing has a plain gable. This design gives the house a balanced, symmetrical roof line from both the front and back. A spacious porch and upstairs verandah extend from the wing across the rest of the west facade. In the rear, there is a one-story extension. The roof is new wood shingles which faithfully replicate the roofing in historic photographs. Except for fishscale shingles above the window level, bevelled siding is used throughout. Fenestration is generally two-over-two double-hung wood sash. Small triangular windows in the gable and gablet light the attic and echo the roof line. Interior On the first floor are a living room, a parlor, a dining room, a kitchen, a bathroom, and a service porch. A central stairway leads to three upstairs bedrooms. All the rooms have high ceilings and generous dimensions. Original fir flooring is present in all of the rooms. Neighborhood To the south is a large frame house of historic character. To the west are two badly deteriorated out-buildings and, beyond them, the verdant fields of the Engle Dairy Farm. Another historic house, the Nuttal Home, is located to the north, on the other side of Fort Casey Road. The new location, 301 South Main, is to the northwest of the old, across more grassy pasture land. It is visible from the original site and from the Nuttal Home. To the south is a large dark-stained bungalow. Across Main Street is