Newland House is a Victorian home built in
the late 1800's in Huntington Beach
California for a family settling to the
region to farm the land. Located in a
shopping center, it is one of the few
remaining houses in Huntington Beach built
before the 1900's. It has been
transformed into a museum and is filled with
furniture, relics and a collections of
Indian baskets and cog stones found in
Huntington Beach and believed to be used by
a Native American Indian tribe long before
the Newlands settled on a mesa overlooking
the Pacific Ocean.
When
Mr. & Mrs. W.T. Newland built this house in
1898, Huntington Beach was named Pacific
City. It was named Huntington Beach in 1904
when Henry Huntington built a train system
from Los Angeles to the beach and agreed to
include this coastal stop on his route in
exchange for the name and some development
interests.
The
Newlands were farmers and city founders,
instrumental in helping form banks, commerce
and a variety of businesses and city
government necessary to operate this growing
town where oil was found, creating a boom of
huge proportions.
The
Newland House is operated by an Historical
Society and funded through a grant from the
City of Huntington Beach. Its operations do
not yield income and generally operates in a
deficit. With only a few dollars charged for
tours that are available on Saturday and
Sunday afternoons, the venue actually
benefits from a modern barn with meeting
space behind the building. Weddings, parties
and meetings can be held at this rental
facility which is simple, but includes the
setting behind the Newland House.
Newland House 19820 Beach Blvd.,
Huntington Beach CA 92648 (714)
962-5777