Queen Mary (see at the beach)
Rancho Los Cerritos
4600 Virginia Road, Long Beach
562-570-1755
www.rancholoscerritos.org
Built in 1844, the Rancho Los Cerritos Historic Site features a Monterey-style adobe house furnished to reflect the occupants and lifestyles from the 1860s-1880s. Garden and tour.
You will need a car
Rancho Los Alamitos
6400 Bixby Hill Road, Long Beach
562-431-3541
www.rancholosalamitos.com
Features a sprawling adobe ranch house from 1800, four acres of gardens designed by landscape architects of the 1920s-1940s, a working blacksmith's shop and live farm animals.
You will need a car
Historical Cemetery Tour
Historical Society of Long Beach
(562) 495-1210 – call for information
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Purchase Tickets When You Arrive
1095 E. Willow Street
Long Beach Municipal & Sunnyside Cemeteries
Tours start every 15 minutes beginning at 9:00 a.m.
Last tour begins at 11:30 a.m. Tours last 2 hours
You will need a car to get there
Art Deco and Streamline Modern
Just walk around downtown Long Beach and enjoy the Art Deco buildings. Some of my favorites:
- The Villa Riviera
800 East Ocean Boulevard
www.villariviera.net/ - The Farmers and Merchants Bank Tower
320 Pine Avenue
http://www.longbeach.gov/civica/filebank/blobdload.asp?BlobID=11995
- The Wilmore
315 W. 3rd St
http://www.longbeach.gov/civica/filebank/blobdload.asp?BlobID=12086 - To check out a lot more information on Long Beach's historic landmarks:
http://www.longbeach.gov/plan/pb/hpd/hl.asp#A
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