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If it's a day with the folks tomorrow, you might want to head out to Heritage Square Museum as anyone over 65 gets in free ($10 if your a youngin'). And if they know something about Los Angeles in the 1940s or before, they may participate in an oral history project too. "Old-Timers" Day aims to bring together true Los Angeles veterans from 12 to 4:00 p.m. at the museum located in Highland Park (if they are enthusiastic walkers, take the Gold Line to the Heritage Square/Arroyo Station or Southwest Museum Station!).
Heritage Square is a living history museum dedicated to telling the story of the development of Los Angeles. At the museum, eight historic structures, saved from demolition and moved to the site, demonstrate why preservation in our communities is so important. The beautiful Victorian-era buildings provide a glimpse of Southern California as it looked 100 years ago.
Photo of the Palms Train Depot by Zach Behrens/LAist
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It's a terrific place that deserves local support. Explore Highland Park while you're there.
I've been wanting to visit Heritage Sq. ever since seeing it listed as a stop on the gold line.
I wonder if any of these Victorian homes were ones saved from Bunker Hill. In really old photos of Bunker Hill before they developed it, you see a lot of Victorian homes, where there are office bldgs now.
We can thank a greedy developer for tearing down the last of the ones on Bunker Hill, in the middle of the night, in violation of a court order not to. I think I read that he got off with a fine which was no where near the value of the beautiful historical bldg. that can never be replaced.
I'm glad some one is preserving a piece of old L.A. history.
It is a must see at least once for everyone in LA. I wish the Heritage Square gold line stop actually was finished to the museum's desire. Eventually, their plan is to have a short steetcar go from the gold line stop to the museum grounds via the back gate. For now, you have to walk a mile around.
I recommend the Southwest Musuem stop as it's a better walk and you don't have to backtrack for the freeway bridge.
jrb-None of the homes are from Bunker Hill. Heritage Square was founded to preserve a few of those homes, including the Salt Box. And they did. However early on, some vandals broke into the museum and the houses burned down. The houses currently at Heritage Square came from various places around SoCal. One of them wasn't quite on Bunker Hill but was nearby. One of the more popular ones is the Hale House, which has appeared in commercials and videos.