BOWLING GREEN, Mo.– The Bowling Green home of former Speaker of the House of Representatives Champ Clark will open for the summer season with a program and tours at 10 a.m. June 1.
Additionally, tours will be offered from 1 to 4 p.m. on Fridays in June and July.
Known as Honey Shuck for seed pods from locust trees in the yard, the house was built in 1888 and is on the National Register of Historic Places. The Clarks moved there in 1898. Champ died in 1921, but his wife, Genevieve, called it home until the 1930s.
The couple’s children, Bennett and Genevieve, sold Honey Shuck in 1944. Congressman William Hungate later bought it and in 1973 turned operations over to the non-profit Champ Clark Honey Shuck Restoration Inc.
The home features dozens of exhibits and memorabilia. It is located at 207 E. Champ Clark Drive. Tours are free.