The town of Orange was surveyed and plotted in a rectangular grid by William Glassell in 1871. Four historic quadrants surrounding the Plaza Historic District comprise the 1+ square mile of original development in the City of Orange.
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With a rich history dating back to the mid-1800s, street clocks, public clocks and sidewalk clocks may have placed for more than just telling the time of day.
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Yorba Cemetery in Yorba Linda is one of the oldest cemeteries in Orange County. Bernardo Yorba set aside a portion of his rancho for a cemetery and deeded it to the Catholic Church 2 weeks before his death in 1858. It was closed in 1939.
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El Campo Santo, on the grounds of the Homestead Museum in the City of Industry, is one of the oldest private cemeteries in Southern California. The first recorded burial there was that of William Workman’s brother, David, in 1855.
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Completed in 1927, the history of the Temple residence, La Casa Nueva, at the Homestead Museum in the City of Industry carries the story of the Workman family forward through their grandson, Walter P. Temple, and his wife, Laura.
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On May 6, 1856, Thomas Whaley began construction on a new home in what is now the Old Town area of San Diego and proclaimed “My new house, when completed, will be the handsomest, most comfortable and convenient place in town or within 150 miles of here.”
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The history of the Workman House at the Homestead Museum in the City of Industry reflects the fortunes of area pioneer William Workman. Originally built in l842 as a simple, rectangular building, it expanded to its present form in 1872.
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