The La Verne Heritage Foundation
Dedicated to the preservation of La Verne's rich past, the Heritage Foundation was organized in 1985 with the challenge to rescue the Weber House from destruction. The Heritage Foundation rallied the support from all over the valley to move the Weber House to its present location and restore it to its original condition. Today the Foundation provides the resources and manpower needed to maintain the Weber House as well as the surrounding 1 1/2 acre ranch. It is the Foundation's goal to provide visitors with more than just a museum...instead, to preserve for a new generation a slice of La Verne's past. Membership in the foundation is open to all who desire to preserve the heritage of our community. Interested individuals are invited to participate by joining the Foundation and by participating in a variety of hands-on activities including the hands-on history tours, concerts in the park, pumpkin patch, orange sales or regularly scheduled work parties. Without the Support of the community the Foundation could not continue. We hope you will join us at one of our future events.
http://www.laverneheritage.org/#!events
What is the Palomares Adobe's historical significance?
Adobe de Palomares was the 13 room home of Don Ygnacio Palomares and his wife, Dona Concepcion Lopez de Palomares. The Palomares and Vejar families owned the Rancho San Jose, which covered eastern Los Angeles county, some 150 years ago. The land now covers many cities of the Pomona Valley of Southern California, including Pomona, LaVerne, San Dimas, Diamond Bar, Azusa, Covina, Walnut, Glendora, and Claremont
A Gold Rush Home:
The home was started as the new home of a successful Mexican rancher. Its construction phase was from 1850 to 1854. This was the period of the great California gold rush, that was accompanied by California statehood . The house represents the meeting of two cultures: Mexican-era adobe construction combined with American influenced technology, seen in the use of milled roofing and flooring.
http://www.pomonahistorical.org/palomares/
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