Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village

Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village

Infobox_nrhp | name =Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village
nrhp_type = hd


caption = Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village, September 2008
location = 4595 Cochran St
Simi Valley, California
lat_degrees = 34
lat_minutes = 16
lat_seconds = 44
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 118
long_minutes = 42
long_seconds = 14
long_direction = W
locmapin = California
area =
architect = Tressa "Grandma" Prisbrey
architecture= Other
added = October 25, 1996cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=96001076

Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village, also known as Bottle Village, is a folk art piece, located in Simi Valley, California.

Description

This assemblage is one of California's Twentieth Century Folk Art Environments. In 1956, Tressa Prisbrey, then nearly 60 years old, started building a "village" of shrines, walkways, sculptures, and buildings from recycled items and discards from the local landfill. She worked for 25 years creating one structure after another to house her collections. Today, Bottle Village is composed of 13 buildings and 20 sculptures, and is a California Historical Landmark (#939). It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

The village is located at 4595 Cochran Street, Simi Valley and viewable from the sidewalk. Officially closed in 1984 and severely damaged during the 1994 Northridge Earthquake, tours by appointment can be arranged.


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ee also

*List of Registered Historic Places in Ventura County, California

References

*cite web | url=http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=21535 | title=Ventura | work=California Historical Landmarks | publisher=Office of Historic Preservation | accessdate=2005-08-26

External links

* [http://www.bottlevillage.com/ Bottle Village home page]
* [http://bottlevillagestuff.web.officelive.com/default.aspx/ Bottle Village Stuff]
* [http://gotobv.blogspot.com/ Bottle Village Blogsite]
* [http://youtube.com./user/BottleVillage /YouTube Bottle Village Channel-Videos, Interviews, "Pave the Way"-"Bottle Village Walkway of Fame" Check out the "Favorites"
* [http://myspace.com/bottlevillage /Bottle Village MySpacePage]


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