6/6/2003
6/6/2003
Landmark information
- Location:
414 N West St near Sycamore St, Anaheim - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Existing - Date First Visited:
11/28/1995 - Date Most Recently Visited:
6/6/2003 - GPS Coordinates:
N 33 50.174, W 117 55.685
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Mother Colony House
First house built in Anaheim, 1857, by George Hanson, founder "The Mother Colony," group selecting name given settlement. This German group left San Francisco to form grape growing colony southern California. Vineyards became largest in California until destroyed, 1885, by grape disease. Colony started producing Valencia oranges. Here once resided Madame Helena Modjeska, and Henryk Sienkiewicz, author of "Quo Vadis."