National Register of Historic Places

Sun House

Ukiah, Mendocino County, California
Listed
September 1, 1981
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
81000161

About this property

The Grace Hudson Museum in Ukiah, California, is adjacent to the Sun House which artist Grace Hudson and her husband John designed and had built in 1911. Today the house and museum are owned and operated by the City of Ukiah. The Sun House, a Craftsman-style house constructed of redwood, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. After working in Oklahoma Territory in 1904-1906, Grace and John Hudson returned to Ukiah, California. There they designed and built what became known as The Sun House in 1911. It was a Craftsman-style California bungalow made of redwood. The Hudsons adopted the Hopi sun symbol as their own and displayed the symbol over the front door. They led a modest bohemian lifestyle of collecting, traveling, field work, reading, entertaining, photography and painting. John Hudson died at The Sun House in 1936, and Grace in 1937. They had no children. Grace Hudson bequeathed The Sun House and its land to her nephew, Mark Carpenter. Carpenter preserved the house and its 30,000 collected objects for posterity, giving it to the City of Ukiah. The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and designated California Historical Landmark #926. The Sun House and Museum are operated by the city within its 4-acre (16,000 m2) Hudson-Carpenter park. The museum's website says of Grace Hudson, "...her work enjoys renewed interest and recognition for its fine and sympathetic portrayals of native peoples." Media related to Grace Hudson Museum at Wikimedia Commons

Location

431 S. Main St.
Ukiah, Mendocino County, California
39.14751, -123.20548

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When was Sun House listed on the National Register?

Sun House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 1, 1981.

What type of historic resource is Sun House?

Sun House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Sun House is recorded as the industrial era.

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