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Location of Butte County in California. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Butte County, California. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Butte County, California, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided ...
Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park was a historic building with surrounding land in Chico, California, United States.It is listed as a California Historical Landmark #329 under the name "Rancho Chico And Bidwell Adobe" in 1939; [2] and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places under the name "Bidwell Mansion" on March 24, 1972. [3]
California State University, Chico (Chico State [7]) is a public university in Chico, California. It was founded in 1887 as one of about 180 " normal schools " founded by state governments in the 19th century to train teachers for the rapidly growing public common schools.
In 1887, the California legislature established the Northern Branch of the State Normal School of California. Chico was chosen as its site, and Bidwell donated land from his cherry orchard for this purpose. This school would come to be called the Chico Normal School, Chico State College, and finally California State University, Chico.
Rancho Chico and Bidwell Adobe Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park , 525 The Esplanade 39°43′56″N 121°50′37″W / 39.732353°N 121.843481°W / 39.732353; -121.843481 ( Rancho Chico and Bidwell
Operated by the Butte County Historical Society [1] Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park: Chico: Butte: Historic house: 26-room Victorian mansion Big Valley Museum: Bieber: Lassen: Local history [2] Bolt's Antique Tool Museum: Oroville: Butte: Commodity: website, hundreds of hand tools Butte County Historical Society Museum: Oroville: Butte ...
The South Campus Historic District [2] [3] is a historic district in Chico, California which was named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991 through efforts of the Chico Heritage Association. The district is situated entirely within the South Campus Neighborhood. The historical district extends from Salem Street to Cherry Street ...
The Alfred E. Warren House, [1] also known as President's Mansion, [2] is the official residence of the President of California State University, Chico, located in Chico, California. Designed in 1922 by famed Californian architect Julia Morgan as a private residence, it has served as the university's presidential residence since 1945. [3]