Heritage House

Griffith Compton brought thirty Methodist families down from Stockton in 1867, pledged to temperance, and they bought the northeast corner of the Domínguez rancho from Temple and Gibson at five dollars an acre. The settlement was Gibsonville, then Comptonville, then Compton. A.R. Loomis put up two rooms here in 1869 and later owners kept adding to them. The city bought the house in 1957 because a fire station was going where it stood, moved it off South Acacia Street, and opened it to the public the following April.

What the plaque says

The original house of two rooms was built in 1869 by A.R. Loomis. Other rooms were added by successive occupants. It was marked as the "Oldest House in Compton" in 1955; purchased by the city June 11, 1957; and removed from 209 South Acacia Street to its present site in that year. Restored, refurnished, and renamed by the citizens of Compton as a tribute to early settlers of the community, it was presented to the public April 14, 1958.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Mission San Gabriel Arcangel — 16 mi
  The fourth Alta California mission, built on Tongva land with Tongva labor, rebuilt after arson and now telling that story straight.
• Santa Monica Pier — 18 mi
  Where the Mother Road runs out of continent, and where the End of the Trail sign gives the drive somewhere to finish.
• Colorado Street Bridge — 18 mi
  Beaux-Arts concrete arches curving 150 feet above the Arroyo Seco, opened in 1913 and later a link in Route 66.

More markers nearby

• Domínguez Ranchhouse — 1.8 mi
• Watts Towers of Simon Rodia — 3.3 mi
• Rancho Los Cerritos Historic Site — 4.0 mi
• Banning Park — 7.4 mi