With the world re-opening after difficult times, the Kelley House Museum is making its own plans to open its doors again…but we could use some help. The doors can’t be open if a friendly docent isn’t available to answer questions. Could this person be you? Veteran docent Judy Chapman greets visitors at the Kelley House Museum. First response to this question we usually hear is, “Oh, [...]
Fire destroys the Mendocino Grammar School, Tuesday, December 3, 1929. The tall structure left standing in the center is the bell tower. The school was replaced the following year with the building that currently houses the Mendocino Community Center. (Original photos from Kelley House Museum Archives and the Nannie Escola Collection) “What Became of the Little Red Schoolhouse” is a five-volume compilation of information on more [...]
The Kelley House welcomes Anne Semans as its new Director. Anne brings 30 years’ experience from the for-profit world, with a background in marketing, small business management, education, and hospitality. She is the author of four self-help books, and has written extensively on parenting, health, and travel. Before moving to Mendocino, Anne lived in San Francisco, where she worked with the groundbreaking, women-friendly, sex-positive, adult toy [...]
Stopping by to visit the Little River Improvement Club and Museum these days, visitors may not realize the small white structure was once the social center of town. The ticket for a 1948 Little River Improvement Club card party that inspired this article. (Courtesy Vince Johnson Collection, in Kelley House Museum) The building itself, located 1.5 miles south of Mendocino on the east side of Highway [...]