Newland House is a National Register of Historic Places-listed 1898 farmhouse in Huntington Beach, California, in a midwestern variant of the Queen Anne architectural style. It is one of 123 historic sites and districts in Orange County, California that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Orange County Historical Commission, in collaboration with the Orange County Board of Supervisors, has designated the Newland House as the ninth historic site to receive a historical plaque.

The Huntington Beach Historical Society manages the Newland House Museum, which is located at 19820 Beach Boulevard in the Huntington Beach area, 92648 (33°40′35′′N 117°59′14′′W). It was built in 1898 by William Taylor and Mary Juanita DeLapp Newland and is now a historical pioneer museum. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. Dawes & Kuechel of Santa Ana, California constructed the house. One of the area’s original homes, lumber for its construction was carried by horse-drawn cart from McFadden’s Wharf in Newport Beach, California. Gravel for the cement foundation was carried from what is now Huntington Shore’s beach.

The Newland ranch was more than 500 acres in size and had vegetable gardens, orchards, a variety of farm animals, and pet peacocks. Celery and sugar beets were the ranch’s primary crops, but other crops were also farmed. There was a large barn, stables, corrals, and bunkhouses for ranch hands in the outbuildings. Water was acquired in the early years from a natural spring at the current intersection of Adams Avenue and Beach Boulevard. William Newland then created a water well and built a water tower near to the Newland House. The Huntington Beach Historical Society recreated the water tower in the back yard of the Newland House in the twenty-first century. Another highlight of the site was the presence of a prehistoric Native American habitation, from which several artifacts were recovered.

Following Mary Juanita Newland’s death in 1952, the property was acquired by Signal Oil & Gas. Signal Oil occupied the house for almost two decades. Signal Oil had intended to build an oil refinery on the property, but abandoned those plans in response to community opposition. Signal Oil established the Signal Landmark development business and began planning for the former Newland Rancho’s commercial shopping complex. In 1964, a community campaign was launched to preserve the Newland House as a local landmark and museum. Signal Landmark Homes gave the Newland House and adjacent land to the City of Huntington Beach in 1974 for the purpose of creating a historic park. (Source: Wikipedia)

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Newland House Museum

19820 Beach Blvd, Huntington Beach, CA 92648, United States
Phone: +17149625777

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