About Us
The second largest history museum in San Diego County, the Escondido History Center was founded as the Escondido Historical Society on February 3, 1956 and incorporated on June 28. In 1975, Heritage Walk was established, incorporating the barn, a windmill, wagon, and small blacksmith shop. In 1978, a Victorian house from Ivy St. was moved here, but it was lost to arson in 1979 and in 1980, the Hoffman House was donated to replace it. In 2006, the name was changed to the Escondido History Center.
Collections include thousands of photographs, ephemera, artifacts, directories, and books related to Escondido and the surrounding area. Exhibits in our five buildings and Pullman train car provide a view of history dating back hundreds of years in the Hidden Valley.
Staff
Robin Fox – Executive Director
Sharon Heck – Administrative Assistant
Board of Directors
June Rady, President
Carol Rea, Vice President
Rod McLeod, Secretary
Robert Johnson, Treasurer
Kent Baker
Edith Hillebrecht
Tom Humphrey
Fred Miller
Victor Pestone
Jeff Johnson
Chris Miller
Street address: 321 N. Broadway, Escondido
Mailing address: PO Box 263, Escondido, CA 92033
E-mail address:
Phone: 760-743-8207
Patron Members
Platinum:
Baker Electric
Bob Johnson
Judy Mitchell Leftwich
Fred & Suzanne Miller
Victor Pestone & Mari Porter
Paul & Neeltje Van Elderen
Gold:
Kent & Shirley Baker
Tom D’Agosta & June Rady
Escondido Sunrise Rotary
Bob & Arlene Shuster
Silver:
Baker Enterprises
Mark & Margie Baker
Norm & Sally Barnhard
CA Retired Teacher Div.63
Sid & Bobbie Colquitt
Matt & Jennifer Firmin
Greg & Jocasta Fridell
Katherine Fromm
Jeff & Cathy Johnson
Marti Kurschat
John Lockwood
Nancy Lyon
Masson & Associates, Inc.
Karen Nelson
Carol Rea
Ted & Kathleen Scott
Jerry & Patty Smith
Ray Stonecipher
Todd & Beth Twedt
Robert & Nancy Walker
Robert & Jean Will
Bronze:
Dennis & Sharon Banister
Brant & Charlotte Bassett
Walt & Sandra Bates
Tom & Pam Boyer
Herman Branin
Peter Brueggeman
Jill Campbell
Orville Chapman
Tom & Sandy Cobb
Ruth Collings
Hal & Marcia Davis
Marion Eggertsen
Tom & Marilyn Escher
Edith Hillebrecht
Tom & Sue Humphrey
Warner Lusardi
Mary Marenda
Thomas & Maryanne Miller
Bill & Ethel Norman
Paul & Marlene Page
Betty Painter
Scott Peck CPA & Associates, AFC
Allene Robinson
Joe & Kay Serrano
Wayne & Sheila Stone
Robert Watrous
Jack & Sandra Weber
Kari Witman
Dave & Alta Woelke