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	Building Collection Alaska - California
	Building Collection Pages: AK-CA, CA-CO, CT-GA, IA, ID-KS, LA-MA, MD-ME, MI-MO, MT-NC, ND-NY, OH-OR, PA-TX, TX-WA, WI-ZZ
powered by FreeFind	Alaska Eagle Eagle Historical Society & Museum Barry & 3rd PO Box 23 Eagle AK 99738 Phone 907 547-2325 Web Site www.eagleak.org Description Six turn of the century buildings Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus: Building Collection Era 1900 Owner/Operator: Eagle Historical Society AK Hope Hope & Sunrise Historical & Mining Museum 2nd Street PO Box 88 Hope AK 99605 Phone 907 782-3740 Web Site *** E-mail mailto:timbers@chugach.net Alt Web http://www.advenalaska.com/hope/otherservices.htm Description log building recalls 1890's Gold Rush, grounds hold Canyon Creek Mining buildings Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Building Collection Industry /Profession Mining New or Updated: 6/6/2004 Alaska Sutton Alpine Historical Park Mile 61.5 Glenn Highway PO Box 266 Sutton AK 99674 Phone 907 745-7000 Web Site ** Description park features buildings and equipment from coal era, Athabaskans, and Glenn Highway Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus:** Building Collection
	Alabama Hillsboro Pond Spring (Wheeler Plantation) 12280 Alabama Highway 20 Hillsboro AL 35643 Phone 256 637-8513 Fax 256 637-8513 Web Site www.wheelerpantation.org E-mail wheeler@ala-net.com Description Building Type Plantation Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus: Building Collection Owner/Operator: Alabama Historical Commission
Search this site	Arkansas Dumas Desha County Museum Highway 54 E Dumas AR 71639 Phone 870 382-4222 Web Site www.dumasar.net/Community/deshacountymuseumfinal.htm Description log house, farmstead, farm equipment, post office, commissary, farm store, main building Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus: Building Collection Arkansas Gillett Arkansas Post Museum 5530 1 Highway 165 South Gillett AR 72055 Phone 870 548-2634 Web Site www.arkansas-adventures.com/stpark.htm Alt Web http://www.yournet.com/post.html Description five building complex includes reconstruction of log house, carriage house, kitchen & main house of first European settlement in state Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus: Building Collection Era 1700 Owner/Operator: Arkansas State Parks	Google

	Arkansas Little Rock Historic Arkansas Museum 200 E 3rd St Little Rock AR 72201 Phone 501 324-9351 Alt Phone 501 324-9304 Web Site www.arkansashistory.org/ Description web site of a museum server Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus: Building Collection Kind of Activity Living History
	Arkansas Springdale Shiloh Museum of Ozark History 118 West Johnson Avenue Springdale AR 72764 Phone 479 750-8165 Web Site http://www.springdaleark.org/shiloh/ Description covers six counties, traditional Ozark life, six historic buildings on grounds outside museum building Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Building Collection Last changed: 02/15/2003 Arkansas Washington Old Washington Historic State Park Highway 195 PO Box 98 Washington AR 71862 Phone 870 983-2684 Web Site http://www.arkansasstateparks.com/parks/default.asp?park=Old+Washington+Historic Description town preserved in past era, courthouse/visitor center, weapons museum, blacksmith shop, residences -- self guided tours Type of Resource Historic District Primary Focus Building Collection Kind of Activity Living History Era 1824-1875 Owner/Operator: Arkansas Dept of Parks & Tourism Last changed: 03/16/2003
	Arizona Casa Grande Casa Grande Valley Historical Society 110 W Florence Boulevard Casa Grande AZ 85222 Phone 530 836-2223 Web Site http://www.cgvhs.org/ E-mail mailto:info@cgvhs.org Description located in 1927 fieldstone Presbyterian church; collection focus is documents and agricultural, transportation, and Native American Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Building Collection Building Type Church Industry /Profession Farming Group Identity Native American Research Library Era 1927 New or Updated: 7/25/2007 Phoenix Heritage Square 115 N Sixth Street" Phoenix AZ 85004 Phone 602 262-5071 Web Site http://www.ci.phoenix.az.us/PARKS/heritage.html Description part of Heritage & Science park, featuring Victorian buildings from the late 1800s Type of Resource Historic District Primary Focus Building Collection Last changed: 03/06/2003 Arizona Prescott Sharlot Hall Museum 415 W Gurley Street Prescott AZ 86301 Phone 520 445-3122 Web Site www.sharlothall.lib.az.us/ Alt Web www.sharlot.org Description Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus: Building Collection Collection N-Z Printing

	AZ Tucson Plaza of the Pioneers Address *** Tucson AZ Phone 520 624-2333 Web Site http://www.tucsonarts.com/visit/historic_block.php Description five early homes in park setting by contemporary style museum Type of Resource Historic District Primary Focus Building Collection Collection N-Z Sculpture New or Updated:** 9/23/2006
	AZ Tucson Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block 140 N Main Avenue Tucson AZ 85701 Phone 520 624 2333 Web Site www.tucsonarts.com Description modern & contemporary collections, set among 5 historic homes Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Building Collection Field of Study/Science Facility Old West New or Updated: 10/29/2006
	AZ Yuma Yuma Crossing State Historic Park 206 North 4th Avenue Yuma AZ 85364 Phone 928 329-0471 Web Site http://www.azparks.gov/Parks/parkhtml/yumacross.html Alt Web http://www.desertusa.com/yuma/azyumax.html Description 6 restored, 6 replica buildings, transportation focus Type of Resource Historic Place Primary Focus Building Collection New or Updated: 10/13/2006
	California EL Monte Pioneer Park - El Monte 3535 Santa Anita Avenue El Monte CA Phone 626 580-2200 Web Site *** Description jail, farmhouse, local artifacts Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus: Building Collection California Fillmore Fillmore Historical Museum 350 Main Street PO Box 314 Fillmore CA 93015 Phone 805 524-0948 Web Site http://www.holleygene.com/ahsmvc/ Alt Web http://www.fillmoreca.com/points.htm Description 4 buildings -- home of first dentist, depot, Rancho Sespe Bunk House Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Building Collection Building Type Depot New or Updated:** 04/03/2003
	California Hacienda Heights Workman & Temple Family Homestead Museum 15415 Don Julian Road Hacienda Heights CA 91745 Phone 626 968-8492 Web Site http://www.homesteadmuseum.org/ Description sic acres with 3 houses from 1840s, 1870s and 1920s, cemetery Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Building collection New or Updated: 04/11/2003 CA Lake Forest Heritage Hill Historical Park 25151 Serrano Road Lake Forest CA 92630 Phone 949 923-2230 Web Site http://www.ocparks.com/heritagehill/ E-mail mailto:heritagehill@ocparks.com Description 4 acres with 1863 adobe, 1890 school, 1891 church, 1908 ranch house Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Building Collection Building Type Adobe Era late 19th New or Updated: 4/16/2006 California Los Angeles El Pueblo de Los Angeles 845 North Alameda Street Los Angeles CA 90012 Phone 213 680-2525 Web Site http://www.ci.la.ca.us/ELP/ Description 27 historic buildings around an old plaza, Olivera street shopping, four museums Type of Resource Historic District Primary Focus Building Collection New or Updated: 04/20/2003
	California Markleeville Alpine County Museum/Historical Complex PO Box 517 Markleeville CA 96120 Phone 530 694-2317 Web Site www.co.alpine.ca.us/dept/museum/museum.htm Description Local History museum with school and jail Building Type Jail Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus: Building Collection
	California Newhall Santa Clara Valley Heritage Junction 24107 Sam Fernando Road PO Box 221925 Newhall CA 91322 Phone 661 254-1275 Web Site http://www.scvhs.org/ E-mail mailto:scvhistory@yahoo.com,info@scvhistory.com Description complex of 8 historic houses, depot, adobe, school & chapel Locomotive, Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Building Collection Building Type Depot Owner/Operator: SCV Historical Society New or Updated: 05/10/2003
	California Oakhurst Fresno Flats Historical Park 49777 Road 427 PO Box 451 Oakhurst CA 93644 Phone 559 683-6570 Web Site http://www.fresnoflatsmuseum.org/ Description two homes, two one room schools, two jails, outbuildings all moved to the site to depict 1870's life Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus: Building Collection Era 1870 Owner/Operator: Sierra Historic Sites Association
	California Orland Heritage Trail Orland Glenn County Fairgrounds PO Box 183 Orland CA 95963 Phone 530 865-2685 Alt Phone 530 865-3781 Web Site http://www.sierraii.com/orland/ohcs.htm Alt Web http://sierraii.com/orland/ohcs.htm Description 1880 depot, pony barn, school, 1905 steam vacuum pump from sugar processor, Jumbo Lemon roadside stand, printing office Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Building Collection Building Type Depot Collection G-M Machinery Owner/Operator: Orland Historical and Cultural Society New or Updated: 05/14/2003
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