Home of Lola Montez

Home of Lola Montez

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The Home of Lola Montez is located in downtown Grass Valley, California at 248 Mill Street. Montez, the internationally-known singer and dancer, moved here in 1853, and this is the only home she ever owned. [cite web |url=http://ceres.ca.gov/geo_area/counties/Nevada/landmarks.html |title=NO. 292 HOME OF LOLA MONTEZ |accessdate=2008-07-27 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=ceres.ca.gov] [cite web |url=http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=21443 |title=NO. 292 HOME OF LOLA MONTEZ |accessdate=2008-07-27 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=parks.ca.gov] [cite web |url=http://www.sierranevadavirtualmuseum.com/docs/specialex/biographies/montezl.htm |title=Lola Montez |accessdate=2008-07-27 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=sierranevadavirtualmuseum.com]

History

In November 1850, Grass Valley held its first election under an oak tree on the site where the home was soon built. The following year, in 1851, a building was constructed on the property and used as an office for Gilmor Meredith’s Gold Hill Mining Company. The building was used as a schoolhouse in 1852. Montez moved to Grass Valley in 1853 and purchased the building for her home. She hosted parties in her salon, kept a pet bear, and mentored the young Lotta Crabtree whose home (later, a historical landmark) was on the same street. [cite book |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=AYMPR6xAj50C&pg=PA257&lpg=PA257&dq=grass+%22lola+montez%22&source=web&ots=8QNhG1qdu6&sig=krCTfyBMTL01hVoRknOHBPzsFM0&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=8&ct=result |pages=257 |title=Historic spots in California: Fifth Edition |last=Hoover |first=M.B. |coauthors=Kyle, D.E. & Rensch, E.G. |year=2002 |publisher=Stanford University Press |location= |isbn=0804744831] Montez left Grass Valley in 1855. In subsequent years, the building was remodeled and by 1975, it was condemned.cite web |url=http://www.u-s-history.com/ca/l/lolamont.htm |title=Lola Montez House |accessdate=2008-07-27 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=u-s-history.com]

The current building is a replica of the one depicted in an 1854 sketch. [cite web |url=http://www.malakoff.com/grasslmh.htm |title=The Lola Montez House |accessdate=2008-07-27 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=malakoff.com] It houses the Nevada County Chamber of Commerce and a small museum. [cite web |url=http://www.museumsusa.org/museums/info/1153769 |title=Lola Montez Home |accessdate=2008-07-27 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=museumsusa.org]

California Historical Landmark

This Nevada County building is California Historical Landmark No. 292. It was registered in 1938-07-20. [cite web |url=http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/listed_resources/default.asp?num=292 |title=HOME OF LOLA MONTEZ |accessdate=2008-07-27 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=parks.ca.gov]

External Links

* [http://www.grassvalleychamber.com/ Nevada County Chamber of Commerce]

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