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Returning to California from an extended study stay in Oklahoma Territory, Grace and John Hudson lived at what became known as The Sun House iornia bungalow and had it built of redwood in 1911. They led modest bohemian lives, devoted to collecting Nativen Ukiah, California, Ukiah. They designed the Craftsman-style Calif ntinAmerican artifacts, especially of the local Pomo, traveling, field work, reading, entertaining, photography and nting. The Hudsons adopted the Hopi sun symbol as their own. They displayed the symbol prominently over their front door. John Hudson died there in 1936, and Grace in 1937.
They had no children, and Grace Hudson bequeathed The Sun House and its land to her nephew, Mark Carpenter. Carpenter preserved the house and its 30,000 collected objects for posterity, giving it to the City of Ukiah. It operates the house and the adjoining Grace Hudson Museum. It is listed on the The Grace Hudson Museum
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Ukiah, California
Ukiah ( ; Pomo: ''Yokaya'', meaning "deep valley") is the county seat and largest city of Mendocino County, California, with a population of 16,607 at the 2020 census. With its accessible location along the U.S. Route 101 corridor, Ukiah serves ...
, is adjacent to the Sun House which artist Grace Hudson
Grace Carpenter Hudson (1865–1937) was an American painter based in Northern California. She was nationally known during her lifetime for a numbered series of more than 684 portraits of the local Pomo natives. She painted the first, ''Nationa ...
and her husband John designed and had built in 1911. They lived there until their deaths in 1936 and 1935, respectively. Today the house and museum are owned and operated by the city of Ukiah. The Sun House, a Craftsman style constructed of redwood
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, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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History
Returning to California from an extended study stay in Oklahoma Territory, Grace and John Hudson lived at what became known as The Sun House iornia bungalow and had it built of redwood in 1911. They led modest bohemian lives, devoted to collecting Nativen Ukiah, California, Ukiah. They designed the Craftsman-style Calif ntinAmerican artifacts, especially of the local Pomo, traveling, field work, reading, entertaining, photography and nting. The Hudsons adopted the Hopi sun symbol as their own. They displayed the symbol prominently over their front door. John Hudson died there in 1936, and Grace in 1937.
They had no children, and Grace Hudson bequeathed The Sun House and its land to her nephew, Mark Carpenter. Carpenter preserved the house and its 30,000 collected objects for posterity, giving it to the City of Ukiah. It operates the house and the adjoining Grace Hudson Museum. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
and designated California Historical Landmark #926. The Sun House and Museum are within the Hudson-Carpenter city park. The museum's website says of Grace Hudson that "...her work enjoys renewed interest and recognition for its fine and sympathetic portrayals of native peoples."/ref>
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*List of single-artist museums
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Hudson
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Houses completed in 1911
Ukiah, California