With the 2021 Wimbledon Tennis Championships wrapped up, let’s take a look at where tennis was played in Mendocino. Mendocino High School Tennis Champs, 1927 - 1928. L-R: Louis Borgna, Grace Nichols, Morton Swales, Thelma Silvia and Clarence Hamblin. Kelley House has documented five tennis courts in town, starting in 1892 at the Morgan residence on Little Lake Street. At present, this is the site of [...]
Mule team and wagon hauling freight from the Shipping Point in Mendocino, c. 1900. Portuguese Beach is in the background. The first two mules have a set of bells on their harnesses to warn others along the road of their approach. The driver is unknown. This is probably one of Ed Boyle's outfits taking supplies to Boyle's Camp up Big River. (The William Ferrill Collection, Kelley [...]
July 13, 1912 - The Farmers & Apple Growers Association announced plans to build Apple Hall. This 40 by 100 foot exhibition hall was built to house the annual Apple Fair. 1912 Parade at Apple Hall. Parade in front of Apple Hall in Mendocino celebrating the second annual Apple Fair and the first time the fair was held in this newly constructed building. (Emery Escola, Emery [...]
Liberty Theatre on the left, 1923. On the right, this photo shows the demolition of the former Switzer and Boyd Livery Stables on the northwest corner of Albion and Lansing Streets. The building was torn down by George Daniels to make way for his large automobile garage, now referred to as the Shell Building.The building farther down the street at the intersection with Main Street is [...]
The Jerome B. Ford barn and Jersey cows east of Ford house on the bluff in Mendocino. The Ford barn later became the Mendocino Lumber Co. barn. (Alice Earl Wilder, Alice Earl Wilder Collection, Kelley House Photographs) July 11, 1936 - One of Mendocino’s oldest landmarks, the Mendocino Lumber Company Barn, was destroyed in a fire. Located south of the intersection of Lansing Street and the [...]
You won’t want to miss the Kelley House Museum’s summer exhibit, “Quilted Iconic Buildings of Mendocino,” which runs July 2 – August 31. In an extraordinary display of history meets art, 26 iconic buildings are brought to life on quilt squares, including the Temple of Kwan Tai, the Presbyterian Church, the MacCallum House, the Mendocino Hotel, and the Kelley House Water Tower. Each building is colorfully [...]
Cabin at Mendocino Woodlands Camp One built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Camp One is located on the former site of Boyle's logging camp near the mouth of the Northfork. (Kelley House Collection, Kelley House Photographs) July 7, 1945 - The three camps at Mendocino Woodlands were filled to capacity with 375 young people from the Bay Area enjoying outdoor life on Big River to [...]
View of Orr’s Hot Springs on Comptche-Ukiah Road showing the lodge and grounds, c. 1920. (Emery Escola, Emery Escola Collection, Kelley House Photographs) July 6, 1921 - Daisy Kelley MacCallum, along with her brother Otis Kelley and his family, departed by auto for a stay at Orr’s Hot Springs Resort, about 14 miles northwest of Ukiah. The Kelley family had vacationed at the resort since well [...]
1979 Flagpole Dedication at Kelley House. Left to Right: Aldine Gorman, Miles Paoli, James O'Donnell, Edna Jackson, Dora Doolittle. (Kelley House Collection, Kelley House Photographs) July 4, 1979 - The Kelley House Museum raised the flag on our flagpole for the first time. Excerpted from Mendocino Historical Review, Number 8, June, 1981. Written by Beth Stebbins. Barbara Carpenter, although quite ill for eight years, had talked [...]
Masonic Hall, Mendocino, California c. 1920. (Emery Escola, Emery Escola Collection, Kelley House Photographs) July 3, 1865 - A group of Masons assembled to formulate plans for organizing a Lodge. They included: Erick Jensen Albertson, Silas B. Coombs, William Booth, Richard G. Coombs, Isaiah Stevens, F. B. Lowell, James Bush Rice, George R. Lowell, Albert T. Rodgers and George Canning Smith. The Mendocino Lodge, No. 179, [...]