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Inside the Newhall Ranch House
Newhall-Saugus, California

Linda Fitzgerald (second from right) describes this c. 1940s photograph of the interior of the Newhall Ranch House as follows: Henry Poole (Linda's grandfather) is third from right. Charlotte Poole (Linda's grandmother) is in the chair, fifth from right (center, dotted dress). Their eldest daughter, Miriam, is at the far left, then the youngest, Barbara, second from left, then the third daughter, Peggy (Linda's mother). Second daughter, Norma, stands behind her parents.

Probably first built in the 1860s by Thomas Bard and Thomas Scott as a small redwood cabin with a basement, the Ranch House was transformed into a 4,000-square-foot, two-story Victorian mansion following the 1875 purchase of the Rancho San Francisco by Henry Mayo Newhall. The home was used as lodgings for Newhall family members, particularly Henry Mayo's eldest son Henry Gregory, who died in 1903. After 1906, it became the ranch foreman's residence and was occupied until 1973. Originally located at Castaic Junction, the Ranch House was moved to Heritage Junction Historic Park in August, 1990.

Image contributed to the Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society by Linda Fitzgerald of Portland, Ore.

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