Cornelia White House facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Cornelia White House |
|
|---|---|
The house, seen in 2012
|
|
| General information | |
| Status | Complete |
| Address | 221 South Palm Canyon Drive |
| Town or city | Palm Springs, CA |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 33°49′15″N 116°32′49″W / 33.8208°N 116.5470°W |
| Construction started | 1893 |
| Completed | 1893 |
| Owner | Palm Springs Historical Society |
The Cornelia White House is a really old wooden house in Palm Springs, California. It was built way back in 1893 and is one of the oldest buildings still standing in the town! It's part of a special place called the Village Green Heritage Center.
A House Built from Train Tracks!
The Cornelia White House was built in 1893. What's super cool about it is that it's made entirely from "recycled" wood. This wood came from railroad ties! These were the wooden beams that used to be under the tracks of the old Palmdale Railroad.
Imagine a small train pulled by horses! That was the Palmdale Railroad. It ran on narrow tracks through what is now Palm Springs. The train line didn't last long because there wasn't enough water, so it was stopped by 1893. When the tracks were taken up, the wood was used to build this house!
The house is named after its first owner, Cornelia B. White. She was one of the first people to settle in the Palm Springs area.
The Village Green Heritage Center
The Cornelia White House was built right next to another very old building called the McCallum Adobe. This adobe house was built in 1884. It was the home of John McCallum, who was one of the first European American settlers in the area. It was also the first successful adobe building in the upper Coachella Valley.
Since 1961, these two historic houses, the McCallum Adobe and the Cornelia White House, have been managed by the Palm Springs Historical Society. They are now a museum called the McCallum Adobe-Cornelia White House Museum.
You can visit these houses and see other interesting things from Palm Springs' past. For example, they have some of the earliest telephones used in the town! The museum is located at 221 South Palm Canyon Drive in Palm Springs.
See also
- List of heritage railways
