In 1854, E. A. Clark owned "a pretentious two-story frame building" near Henry Yesler's sawmill, which he called his "What-Cheer-House". The house was located on the southwest corner of what is now First Avenue South at Yesler Way, in the heart of today's Pioneer Square neighborhood. Although settlers were required to live on their claims for four years in order to receive title to them, many settlers whose claims were outside the growing village of Seattle maintained a second residence in town.