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
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:
Bob Johnson
Judy Mitchell Leftwich
Fred & Suzanne Miller
Victor Pestone & Mari Porter
Tom Pressley
Paul & Neeltje Van Elderen
Gold:
Tom D’Agosta & June Rady
Escondido Sunrise Rotary
Carter & Cathy Pease
Bob & Arlene Shuster
Thomas & Joanne Shapard
Robert & Nancy Walker
Silver:
Mark & Margie Baker
Norm & Sally Barnhard
Tom & Pam Boyer
Darol & Linda Caster
CA Retired Teacher Div.63
Ruth Collings
Matt & Jennifer Firmin
Greg & Jane Fox
Greg & Jocasta Fridell
Edith Hillebrecht
John Lockwood
Nancy Lyon
Mary Marenda
Tom & Maryanne Miller.
Karen Nelson
Bill & Ethel Norman
Carol Rea
Roger Shappee
Jerry & Patty Smith
Ray Stonecipher
Beth Twedt
Kari Whitman
Bronze:
Dick Althouse
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Andersen
Dennis & Sharon Banister
Brant & Charlotte Bassett
Herman Branin
Bill Buskirk
Tom & Sandy Cobb
Sid & Bobbie Colquitt
Hal & Marcia Davis
Tom & Marilyn Escher
J & P Gunderson
Jane Gair-Herrick
Tom & Sue Humphrey
Coleen Kelley
Dick & Ann Lievers
Warner Lusardi
Rod McLeod
Paul & Marlene Page
Betty Painter
Stephen & Renee Pate
Wes & Sharyn Peet
Allene Robinson
James Thayer
Marie Tuck
Robert Watrous
Jack & Sandra Weber
Robert Watrous