Mentryville neglect

Currently the organization that owns Mentryville is the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy. They acquired the property in 1997 after chevron donated it to them. Although they take good care of the wildlife, they do a horrible job with the structures. For example, the Pico Cottage which is the 13 room mansion on the property, beautiful house that could be restored as a house museum with period antiques. The problem is that the conservancy wants to use the house as a movie house. The house was built over 100 years ago. It's just stupid of them to neglect the house like that. They are always painting it and moving things around. That is not ok to use a historic house like that especially if Mentryville is on the state historic site list.

Directions to Mentryville

For those of you who don't know how to get to mentryville...

From the I-5 take the Lyons ave exit. from Lyons take a left on Pico Canyon Rd and go all the way down until you are in the canyon. There is a Y where the road splits. Go to the left and about 1/2 of a mile in you are at Mentryville

Don't Forget

Don't forget to email me at info.mentryville@gmail.com to sign up for a shift to help restore the Felton Schoolhouse in Mentryville, California please help save this California gem

Come Help and Clean Mentryville

Please come and help clean Mentryville on Saturday March 16 and Sunday March 17 8am-4pm both days. There will be 2 hour shifts: 8-10, 10-12, 12-2 and 2-4. Snacks will be provided.We will be focusing mainly on the Felton one room Schoolhouse. This will be the start of a historic restoration effort of this historic oil town. Please come down to Mentryville and be a part of this historic process. for more info or to sign up for a shift, email me at info.mentryville@gmail.com. Hope you can make it. This is for anyone who lives in the Santa Clarita Valley area.

Have any questions about Mentryville email me at info.mentryville@gmail.com

Mentryville Fall Harvest Festival

Please check www.mentryvillefallharvestfestival.webs.com for more details

If you want to learn more about mentryville visit the Santa Clarita valley historical society weekends 1-4pm

Felton schoolhouse in Mentryville (inside

Here are some photos of the Felton School inside. Enjoy

Old Pictures of Mentryville

The "Big House" in Mentryville Built in 1893
Date of Photo: unknown

Felton Schoolhouse built 1885, date of photo: 1961

Overview of Mentryville, date of photo: 1920.

The research stage

Some time in the next 2 days I will do some research on the Felton schoolhouse and its history