California Heritage Museum is located in
Santa Monica, California in the historically lankmarked Roy Jones house on Main Street.
History
The property itself is a landmarked house known as the First Roy Jones House and it was moved to this location in 1977 from 1007 Ocean. The house was landmarked in 1979 and the museum opened a year later.
It was originally named the Santa Monica Heritage Museum and changed its name in the 90's tto the California Heritage Museum.
The museum has regular exhibits on subjects like surfing, skateboard and Native American culture that highlight subject matters relevant to Santa Monica and California.
The property's ample parking lot and grounds are often used to participate and host community based events including a weekly food truck bazaar.
First Roy Jones House, 1984
Santa Monica was founded by Nevada Senator
John Percival Jones in 1895. His son, Roy Jones became the Founder of the Bank of Santa Monica.
Roy Jones was influential in the early development of the city and helped create the Ramina Corporation, one of the biggest eary developers of California.
Architect
Sumner P. Hunt
Sumner P. Hunt (Brooklyn, NY, May 8, 1865 – Los Angeles, CA, November 19, 1938) was an architect in Los Angeles from 1888 to the 1930s. On January 21, 1892, he married Mary Hancock Chapman, January 21, 1892. They had a daughter Louise Hunt.
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was the architect chosen to build the house. The house originally cost between $3,000 - $5,000 and is the earliest known piece of American Colonial Revival style design of Sumner P. Hunt.
The building was officially landmarked in 1979, withe the California Heritage Museum opening in 1980.
The house was originally located at 1007 Ocean and was moved to the current location by the Santa Monica Heritage Museum Foundation in 1977.
Exhibits
The museum is located on Main Street in Santa Monica, just a few blocks away from the landmarked building that was home to
Jeff Ho Surfboards and Zephyr Productions
Jeff Ho Surfboards and Zephyr Productions was a surfboard manufacturing facility and surf shop located in Santa Monica, California, that opened in 1971 and closed in 1976. The building was designated as a City Landmark in 2007.
History
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. In 2024, the Museum hosted an exhibit ''Dogtown and the Legendary Z-Boy,'' with original Z-Boy Nathan Pratt serving as guest curator.
Pratt, with help from the Skateboarding Hall of Fane was able to collects boards, photographs and artwork representative of the time period where skateboarding was being discovered in Dogtown.
References
External links
Website
{{Santa Monica, California
Museums in Los Angeles County, California
History museums in California