Grace Hudson Museum
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| Established | 1986 |
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| Location | 431 S Main Street Ukiah, California, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 39°08′52″N 123°12′18″W / 39.14768°N 123.20512°WCoordinates: 39°08′52″N 123°12′18″W / 39.14768°N 123.20512°W |
| Type | Historical society |
| Website | www |
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| Location | 431 S. Main St., Ukiah |
| Coordinates | 39°08′51″N 123°12′20″W / 39.14755°N 123.20564°W |
| Built | 1911 |
| Architect | George L Wilcox |
| Architectural style | Craftsman Bungalow |
| NRHP reference No. | 81000161 [1] |
| CHISL No. | 926[2] |
| Added to NRHP | September 02, 1981 |
The Grace Hudson Museum in Ukiah, California, is adjacent to the Sun House where artist Grace Hudson and her husband resided until their deaths. The house and museum are owned and operated by the city of Ukiah.
History[]
Returning to California, Grace and John Hudson lived the rest of their days leading a modest bohemian lifestyle of collecting, traveling, field work, reading, entertaining, photography and painting based in The Sun House in Ukiah, a Craftsman-style California bungalow they designed and had built of redwood in 1911. The Hopi sun symbol was adopted by the Hudsons as their family symbol; the Sun House displays the emblem prominently over the door. John Hudson died there in 1936.
With no children of her own, Grace Hudson left The Sun House and its land to her nephew, Mark Carpenter. Carpenter preserved the house and its 30,000 collected objects for posterity, giving it to the City of Ukiah which operates the house and the adjoining Grace Hudson Museum. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and designated California Historical Landmark #926. The Sun House and Museum are within the 4-acre (16,000 m2) Hudson-Carpenter city park. The museum's website says of Grace Hudson that "...her work enjoys renewed interest and recognition for its fine and sympathetic portrayals of native peoples."[3]
Gallery[]
Pomo Native American Indian baskets on exhibit
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Sun House". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved 2012-10-09.
- ^ The Grace Hudson Museum
External links[]
Media related to Grace Hudson Museum at Wikimedia Commons
- Museums in Mendocino County, California
- Native American museums in California
- Artists' studios in the United States
- Biographical museums in California
- Art museums in California
- Women's museums in California
- Houses completed in 1911
- Ukiah, California