Hubert H. Bancroft Ranch House

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Hubert H. Bancroft Ranchhouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
California Historical Landmark #626
The house in 2007
Location	Bancroft Dr. off CA 94, Spring Valley, California
Coordinates	32°44′11″N 116°59′18″W / 32.73639°N 116.98833°W / 32.73639; -116.98833Coordinates: 32°44′11″N 116°59′18″W / 32.73639°N 116.98833°W / 32.73639; -116.98833
Built	1856
Architect	Unknown
Architectural style	No Style Listed
NRHP Reference #	66000227
CHISL #	626
Added to NRHP	October 15, 1966^[1]
Designated NHL	December 29, 1962^[2]
Designated CHISL	1958^[3]

Hubert H. Bancroft Ranch House is a historic structure in Spring Valley, California. The property also contains a natural spring, named El aguaje de San Jorge (St. George's Spring) by the Spanish, after which the community of Spring Valley is named.^[4]

It is the first Anglo-American structure in Spring Valley and was built by Augustus Ensworth in 1856 out of timbers salvaged from a shipwreck in San Diego Bay. Upon Enworth's death, the property was sold in 1865 to Rufus King Porter, son of the founder of Scientific American. Porter added a kitchen, a dining room, and two bedrooms. He later sold the property to historian Hubert Howe Bancroft in 1885. Bancroft built a more comfortable home up the hill from the adobe ranch house and a rock school house for his children, now located across the street.

The building is now a museum and storehouse for artifacts of Spring Valley history. The property was registered as a California Historical Landmark in 1958,^[3] and then declared a National Historic Landmark in 1962.^[2]^[5]

References

↑ National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
1 2 "Hubert H. Bancroft Ranch House". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
1 2 "Bancroft Ranch House". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
↑ Ken Kramer's About San Diego, KPBS-TV, 2010
↑ Snell, Charles; McKitham, Cecil (July 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form: Bancroft Ranch House" (PDF). National Park Service. With accompanying 2 photos

External links

Bancroft Ranch House Museum - San Diego History Center
Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. CA-431, "Bancroft House, 9050 Memory Lane, Spring Valley, San Diego County, CA", 4 photos, 7 data pages, supplemental material

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