Rose Garden
The Rose Garden district is named for the city’s Municipal Rose Garden, planted on an old prune orchard. Around it are Victorian and 1920s homes, The Alameda and the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum.
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In 1927 the city bought an 11-acre prune orchard and set aside 5½ acres for roses; the Municipal Rose Garden was dedicated in 1937. Volunteers rescued it after budget cuts in the 2000s, and in 2010 it was named America’s Best Rose Garden. (Wikipedia)
The Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, in buildings styled after ancient Egypt, holds the largest collection of Egyptian antiquities in the western United States, including a replica rock-cut tomb. (Wikipedia)
Some of the district’s Victorian houses date from the 1860s and 1870s, and the 1877 Chapman & Davis tract lies along The Alameda, whose railroad was California’s first interurban line in 1868. (Wikipedia)
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