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📜 History & landmarks · History museum

Bancroft Ranch House Museum

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A history museum on Memory Ln, in the middle of things: 63 places within a five-minute walk. One of 7 history & landmarks in Spring Valley.

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On the National Register since 1966

Bancroft, Hubert H., Ranchhouse

Bancroft, Hubert H., Ranchhouse

Bancroft, Hubert H., Ranchhouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Oct 15, 1966, and named a National Historic Landmark on Dec 29, 1962. It is significant for its literature at the national level.

The Hubert H. Bancroft Ranch House is a historic house museum at 9050 Memory Lane in Spring Valley, California. Built in 1856, it is the oldest Anglo-American building in the town. From 1885 until his death in 1918, it was home to Hubert Howe Bancroft, a pioneering historian of the western United States, Mexico, and Central America. Now managed by the local historical society as a museum, it was designated a Nati…

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63 places within a five-minute walk of Bancroft Ranch House Museum.

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9050 Memory Ln

The nearest neighbor is The Moose, 1 min walk away.

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Address9050 Memory Ln · 91977
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9050 Memory Ln
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Phone
(619) 469-1480
Website
https://www.springvalleyhistory.org/
Status
Open

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Some place details from Overture Maps (CDLA-Permissive-2.0). Changes go live once a second neighbor confirms them. Building history: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places.

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