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Name, City, Type of Resource

House Museum
California  Brentwood - Escondido

  CA

  Burbank

  G R Howard Museum

  1015 W Olive Avenue

  Burbank  CA  91506    

  Phone  818 841-6333

  Web Site http://www.burbankhistsoc.com/

  E-mail    mailto:ghowardmuseum@sbcglobal.net

  Description  Victorian house memorabilia building with Lockheed display, Walt

                    Disney Co, Warner Brothers,

  Type of Resource  House Museum

  Primary Focus  Local History

  Collection N-Z  Vehicles

  Era  1887

  New or Updated:  7/16/2007

  California

  Calabasas

  Leonis Adobe Museum

  23537 Calabasas Road

  Calabasas CA   91302    

  Phone  818 222-6511

  Web Site http://www.leonisadobemuseum.org/

  E-mail   mailto:leonisadobe@aol.com

  Description  house greatly expanded in 1880, surrounded by period "park",

                    replicated jail, 1874 house, farm animals

  Type of Resource  House Museum

  Building Type  Adobe

  Era  1844

  New or Updated:  1/21/2007

Camarillo
Adolfo Camarillo Ranch Road
201 Camarillo Ranch
Camarillo CA
Phone  805 389-8182
Web Site  *****
Description  restored ranch with house, barn, stables, gardens
Type of Resource  House Museum
Building Type  Ranch
Era  1892

  California

  Campbell

  Ainsley House

  300 Grant Street

  Campbell  CA   95008    

  Phone  408 866-2119

  Web Site http://www.ci.campbell.ca.us/museum/tours.htm

  Alt Web http://www.campbellmuseumfoundation.org/

  Description  home of cannery owner, restored to 1920's era, surrounded by English

                    gardens

  Type of Resource  House Museum

  Era  1925

  New or Updated:  2/1/2007

Carmel
Robinson Jeffers Tor House Foundation
26304 Ocean View Avenue
Carmel CA  93923
Phone 831 624-1813
Web Site  http://www.torhouse.org/
E-mail  mailto:thf@torhouse.org
Description  stone cottage home and Hawk Tower built by poet Robinson Jeffers
Type of Resource  House Museum
Primary Focus  Garden

California
Carson
Historic Rancho Dominguez Adobe
18127 South Alameda
Carson CA
Phone  310 631-5981
Alt Phone  310 636-6030
Web Site  http://ci.carson.ca.us/extra/RanchoDominguez.htm
Alt Web  http://www.donaldlaird.com/landmarks/counties/100-199/152.html
Description  central structure of 75,000 acre Spanish land grant
Type of Resource  House Museum
Building Type  Adobe
Era  1826
 

  Danville

  Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site (Tao House)

  PO Box 280

  Danville  CA   94526    

  Phone   925 838-0249

  Web Site www.nps.gov/euon/

  Description  advanced reservations required home of playwright from 1937 -1944

  Type of Resource  House Museum

  Primary Focus  Famous People

  New or Updated:  3/26/2007
 

  California

  Death Valley

  Scotty's Castle

  Death Valley National Park

  Death Valley   CA

  Phone  619 786-2392

  Web Site http://www.nps.gov/archive/deva/Scottys/Scottys_main.htm

  Alt Web http://www.desertusa.com/mag98/june/papr/du_dvscotty.html

  Description  started as a scam, the bilked couple actually built the castle they'd

                    already paid for

  Type of Resource  House Museum

  Era  1939

  Owner/Operator:  NPS

  New or Updated:  3/21/2007

Duarte
Duarte Historical Society
777 Encanto Parkway
PO Box 263
Duarte CA 91009
Phone 626 357-9419
Web Site ******
Alt Web http://www.museumsusa.org/data/museums/CA/9603.htm
Description local memorabilia
Type of Resource House Museum
Primary Focus Local History
New or Updated: 03/28/2003

California
Escondido
Escondido Historical Society
321 North Broadway
Escondido CA  92025
Phone  760 743-8207
Web Site  *****
Description
Type of Resource  House Museum
Primary Focus  Local History
Research /Reading  Archives