Historic Plumb House Museum Tours for DecemberCLEARWATER - The Clearwater Historical Society has announced new tour hours for the Historic Plumb House Museum located at 1380 S. Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue in Clearwater. Free tours will be available from 8:30 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. on the first and third Thursdays, and from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. every Saturday during the month of December. The Historic Plumb House, birthplace of Mary and Kathleen Plumb, is an original cracker-style house built in 1896. Kathleen Plumb was an early principal of South Ward Elementary School, and Jennie Reynolds Plumb, Mary and Kathleen's grandmother, was Clearwater's first paid public school teacher. Plumb Elementary School is named after the Plumb family. The Plumb House, now known as the Historic Plumb House Museum, houses period furnishings, vintage photographic collections, artifacts and many documents and items of historical significance, including yearbooks from Clearwater High School and uniforms and pictures of the Clearwater Bombers, the 10-time World Champion Softball Team. Call 446-2676, 399-1412 or 445-9312 for more information. Donations are welcome.
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