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ALPINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY Alpine, California |
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The Alpine Historical Society owns two historic houses which are located at 2116 Tavern Road, Alpine, California. The John DeWitt Museum and Library is located in the Dr. Sophronia Nichols House.
The Nichols House was built in 1896 at this location. Dr. Nichols was Alpine's first medical doctor and held California Medical License #26. She was the sister of Carrie Foss, the matriarch of one of Alpine's pioneer families, and came to Alpine in 1888. The old Alpine Schoolhouse was added on to the rear of the original building making it a significant historical building. Dr. Nichols' carriage house is located to the rear of the museum.
The Beaty home was built in 1899 and was a design called the "I" house. This style was common in the Tidewater South of the United States prior to 1830. Adam Beaty built the farmhouse with his own hands based on traditional British folk house forms. The Beaty House was called "Chiquita" and was a tenant house during the remodeling of the Wheeler mansion. The house was relocated to its present location from the Katherine Balentine Jenney property, one mile south of its present location near Balentine Drive. Site designed and built by Carol Walker
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