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Sunday, January 2, 2011

La Casa Primera, Pomona

La Casa Primera
1569 N. Park Ave
Pomona, CA 91768
909-623-2198
http://www.pomonahistorical.org/primera/

Sun: 2p-5p
Closed Easter, Memorial Day, Labor Day and Thanksgiving weekends.

Don Ygnacio selected the present site for his first dwelling and built the La Casa Primera in 1837. It was the first home built in this locality. Like other homes of the period its thick walls were made of adobe brick. The Palomares family lived here for seventeen years until they moved to their new adobe home, now known as Adobe de Palomares.

Subsequently various families occupied La Casa until 1973 when it was purchased by the Historical Society and restored, in a joint effort with the City of Pomona, to what it looked like in the late 1800's. The Historical Society of Pomona Valley, Inc. has furnished many of the rooms of La Casa with authenic Ninteenth Century furnishings for viewing by the public. After many alternations and additions the home still stands today as a lasting memorial to those bold and adventuresome pioneers who settled this area.


The Barbara Greenwood Kindergarten, 332 West McKinley Avenue, is also part of the historic complex at Park and McKinley. It was built in 1908, and housed the first kindergarten class in the city. It is on the National Registry of Historic Places and is a contributing structure in the Hacienda Park Historic District.

Miss Greenwood was a pioneer in the field of kindergarten and supervision of training for teachers as well as being well known for her contributions in the field of parent education. She was a dynamic leader who assumed numerous leadership roles in local, state, national, and international organizations interested in the early education of young children.

Contact the Historical Society of Pomona Valley for latest information.

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