Villa Mira Monte
Villa Mira Monte | |
 Villa Mira Monte in 2012 | |
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| Location | 17860 Monterey Road, Morgan Hill, California |
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| Coordinates | 37°08′04″N 121°39′22″W / 37.13444°N 121.65611°W |
| Area | 1.4 acres (0.57 ha) |
| Built | 1886 |
| Architectural style | Stick/eastlake, Victorian Stick |
| NRHP reference No. | 78000777[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 25, 1978 |
Villa Mira Monte is a historic
History
The Hiram Morgan Hill house was built in 1886 for Morgan Hill and his wife, Diana.[2] The site also includes the Morgan Hill Museum is in a farmhouse built in 1911 by John Acton.[3]
Hill was from Missouri; his wife Diana was an heiress. The house was built on land inherited by Diana from her father, Daniel Murphy.[2] Her Irish-born grandfather had emigrated to Canada penniless and acquired land grants in California.[2]
With the Hill couple separated, Hiram became a cattle rancher in Nevada, and Diana became a socialite in Washington, D.C.[4] Their daughter, also named Diana, married Baron Hardouin Reinhach-Werth in 1911 and died by suicide in 1912.[4] The father died in 1913.[4] The mother emigrated to England and married Sir George Rhodes. She became known as Lady Diana Helen Murphy Hill Rhodes, and she died in Cannes in 1937.[4] She was buried in the Santa Clara Cemetery with the rest of her family.[5]
Architecture
The house was designed in the Stick-Eastlake architectural style.[2] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since May 25, 1978.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b c d "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Villa Mira Monte". National Park Service. Retrieved July 22, 2018. With accompanying pictures
- ^ Moore, Michael (2020-06-16). "Morgan Hill Times | Bullet train threatens Villa Mira Monte". Morgan Hill Times. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
- ^ OCLC 61145245. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
- Newspapers.com.
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