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Heritage Square
Museum
3800 Homer Street
Los Angeles, California 90031
Tel.
323-225-2700
Where History Comes Alive!
Heritage Square Museum, Los Angeles, CA
The late 19th century marked a time of tremendous change for the United States, and for California. It was the height of the Industrial Revolution and in 1875 the Los Angeles railroad system was connected to the transcontinental railroad from the North. The successive introduction of horse car, cable railway, and finally the new electric streetcar encouraged an "urban sprawl."
The country was quickly transforming into a modern nation equipped with efficient transportation, communications and distribution of mass produced goods. All this culminated into the "land boom" of the 1880's. During this period the city's population doubled. Houses built during the Southern California Land Boom reflected these changing, eventful times, resulting in a proliferation of new and elaborately eclectic architecture throughout Los Angeles. In 1969, nearly a hundred years later, when many of these historic buildings were facing demolition, prominent citizens, working with the Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Board, established Heritage Square Museum as a sanctuary to preserve, restore and interpret the following buildings and Southern California's rich history.
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