Heritage Square invites you to step back in time. We are open air, living history museum dedicated to preserving, restoring, and interpreting life in Los Angeles from 1850 to 1950. California had just entered the Union and Los Angeles was busy shaping itself from a small cow town to a major American city. To tell the story of Los Angeles' growth, we have 8 historic structures from metropolitian Los Angeles. They were relocated to Heritage Square to save them from demolition.

Heritage Square is open every Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and most Monday holidays. Admission is charged: $10 for adults and $5 for children. The admission includes a guided tour. We are open from 12 - 5, winter hours may vary. Tours leaves at 12:00, 1:00, 2:00, and 3:00, admission is still charged after the final tour has departed. Heritage Square is located along the Arroyo Seco at 3800 Homer Street, Los Angeles, CA 90031. Parking is always free!

For more information please call the museum at (323) 225-2700, visit our website at www.heritagesquare.org or see our blog at www.heritagesquare.blogspot.com.

Key to the Past

The late 19th Century was a time of tremendous change for the Unites States and California. It was the end of the industrial revolution, and a world of knowledge and ideas was rapidly unfolding, merging old and new, foreign and familiar.

The country was quickly transforming into a modern nation equipped with efficient transportation, communications and distribution of mass produced goods. The southern California land boom, resulted in proliferation of new and elaborately eclectic architecture throughout Los Angeles. Today that architecture, characterized by gabled roofs, windowed turrets, and intricately carved balustrades, is threatened with extinction by a developing society.

In reaction to the destruction of irreplaceable buildings, a group of prominent citizens, with the assistance of the Los Angeles Culural Heritage Board, began planmng a haven for such structures. As a result, Heritage Square Museum was established in 1969 by the Cultural Heritage Foundation of Southern California, Inc., and has become a vital part of the historic preservation movement in Southern Califomia. Located on the bank of the historic Arroyo Seco, the museum site ties within the city's original Spanish land grant in 1781 of four square leagues for the Pueblo de Los Angeles.

Heritage Square, an open air museum, is devoted to the preservation, restoration, and interpretation of southern Cafifomia!s history. Historically and architecturally significant buildings which cannot be preserved at their original location, are relocated to the village-like setting of Heritage Square Museum, restored, displayed, and interpreted to the public. The Museum's collections, exhibits, and programs present the story of everyday life in Los Angeles, during the years 1865 to 1914.

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