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Hubert H. Bancroft Ranchhouse
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1964 HABS photo
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| Location: | Bancroft Dr. off CA 94, Spring Valley, California |
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| Built: | 1856 |
| Architect: | Unknown |
| Architectural style: | No Style Listed |
| Governing body: | Private |
| NRHP Reference#: | 66000227 |
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| Added to NRHP: | October 15, 1966[1] |
| Designated NHL: | December 29, 1962[2] |
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.[3]
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 declared a National Historic Landmark in 1962.[2][4]
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