Tagged With: National Register of Historic Places
Frazier Farmstead Museum is a six acre site listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Frazier Farmstead Museum is a six acre site listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was settled in 1868 by community founder W.S. Frazier and continuously occupied by his family for 115 years. In 1983, the entire estate and its contents were willed to the Milton-Freewater Area Foundation by his descendants. It is … Continue reading
Rancho Guajome Adobe is listed in the National Register of Historic Places
In 1851, Ysidora Bandini and Cave Johnson Couts received this piece of land upon their marriage. Couts built an adobe on the land in 1853, which remained as a family residence for over a century. The land and the adobe have since been acquired by San Diego County, and now serve as a popular tourist … Continue reading
State Historic Park at Antelope Valley
The museum is located in northeastern Los Angeles County. It is 19 miles east of the Antelope Valley Freeway (State Highway 14), at 15701 East Avenue M in Lancaster. The museum was originally constructed by homesteader/artist H. Arden Edwards in 1928. The chalet-style structure was built over an entire rock formation of Piute Butte in … Continue reading
Anderson Marsh State Historic Park
The park is located on the southeast corner of Clear Lake, the largest natural lake completely within the borders of California. Between Lower Lake and Clear Lake on Highway 53, north of Calistoga in the wine country. Anderson Marsh is also a nature preserve, which protects the habitat of a tule marsh, itself an integral … Continue reading
Monterey State Historic Park
Monterey served as California’s capital under Spanish, Mexican and U.S. military rule. The U.S. flag was first officially raised in California here on July 7, 1846, bringing 600,000 square miles of land to the United States. Monterey State Historic Park is a collection of significant historic houses and buildings interspersed throughout Old Monterey. The inside … Continue reading
San Dimas Museum
Originally completed in 1887 to be a railroad hotel, the Walker House, located at 121 N. San Dimas Avenue, never had a paying customer thanks to the land bust of the lat 1880′s. James and Sue Walker of Kentucky purchased the building in 1889 and it became home to several generations of their family. In … Continue reading