Heritage Square Museum
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October 2, 2009
Posted May 27, 2010
© 2010 Herbert E. Lindberg
Closer view of the pump organ (note tilted pedals at
base) |
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Dining
room. Fireplace on the far wall, side board at right. |
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Kitchen,
with cheerful light through windows, next to dining room opposite side
board wall |
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Parting
view of Hale House as we proceeded up the street |
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Valley Knudsen Garden Residence, built
1883-1884 (the guide didn't take us into this house) |
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Lincoln
Avenue Methodist Church, cornerstone laid September 21, 1897.
Restoration not yet completed. |
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Closer
view of beautiful church steeple and spire
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Guide tells of church, with the John J.
Ford house in the background
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Lorraine
& Dick, Mary, Hazel & Walt, guide, Herb taking picture |
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Modest home of John J. Ford, renown wood carver. Built 1888; many examples of his work
inside and out. His carvings adorn the California State Capital and Leland
Stanford's private railroad car.
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Elaborate
carvings on the interior frame of the front window |
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More carvings, on the fireplace
mantle (plus children's dioramas from a local school)
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Longfellow-Hastings Octagon House,
1893 (internal maintenance in progress during our visit) |
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Happy
visitors at the Palms Depot (park headquarters): Herb & Mary
front; Dick & Lorraine, Hazel & Walt back row |
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Crop in for closer view
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How
relaxed can you get? (Mary is not as plump as she appears to be in
this picture; Herb's paunch is real.) |
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