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HOMESTEAD ACRE/HILL PALMER HOUSE
10385 Shadow Oak Dr
Chatsworth, CA 91311
DRIVING DIRECTIONS
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| The Homestead
Acre is the name given to a 1.3 acre site within Chatsworth
Park South containing a quit, old-fashioned redwood bungalow
surrounded by gardens, many fruit trees and fragrant rose bushes.
It is all that is left of a once 230 acre California ranch.
Owned by the Los Angeles City Department of Recreation and Parks,
it is maintained by the Chatsworth Historical Society as conservators. |
The only remaining homestead cottage in the San Fernando Valley,
it is the Los Angeles Cultural Historical Monument No. 133 and is
named to the nation Register of Historic Places as the Hill-Palmer
Cottage. In the spring of 1886, James David and Rhonda Jane Hill
settled on the land. Their daughter, Minnie Hill Palmer, the seventh
of their eight children, was born on the property in the fall of
that same year.
She spent almost her entire life on the ranch, preserving her pioneer
ways. The Homestead Acre remains virtually the same as it was in
1911 when the present cottage was built. Saved and restored by the
Chatsworth Historical Society as a small part of the San Fernando
Valley's past, it is now a much sought-after location for weddings
and private parties. Bridal parties may use the bedrooms for dressing
or small weddings and receptions may be held in the house. Available
also for private parties, The Homestead Acre is a fine example of
a circa 1910 American home and is also rented as a movie location.
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