The Mansion That Shaped LA: Inside the Banning House
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Once home to 'The Father of the Port of Los Angeles,' this Greek Revival mansion holds fascinating stories of old California. From lush gardens and 30 grand rooms to the Banning Mansion's original furnishings, get ready to experience history in its purest form.
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The heavy drapes also worked to keep the house cool. Blocking the sun was also important as the carpets and upholstery would have been coloured with vegetable dyes not chemical dyes and would have faded badly with sun exposure. They would also protect unpainted woodwork and furniture from drying and fading.
I loved all the rooms. It’s an understated masterpiece. So glad the city had vision.
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The crows nest room would have been my “man cave”.
thank you!
It’s beautiful! And unlike a lot of the houses, this one I could actually imagine living in. If I had a big family and some help lol.
I absolutely love your short and informative videos! Thank you so much.
Excellent video about a house that was not on my radar.. I enjoy learning about new places. Thanks for posting this My father always said that he wanted a house with a crow's nest as a great place to sit and read.
I like the family room best but each room was spectacular. Thank you for sharing.
I absolutely love the Butler’s pantry, which is truly the command center of any large house!
I think the cupola has to be my favorite room! This was/is a stunning home and so thoughtful of the Banning family to donate all the furniture!
Okay, this is it. You found my dream house! I want to live there just as it is. Furnishings, kitchen and all!
Another elegant building.
I’d love to have a crow’s nest in my house! I’m so glad that this gorgeous house wasn’t torn down! Greek Revival and Federal are my favorite styles of architecture after Georgian. Give me clean lines and simple but elegant furnishings any day of the week!
I think imagining LA without its disastrous transport infrastructure and with a functioning transit system instead would be a very pleasant exercise in alternative history!
This home is stunning!!! I especially like the crows nest!!! 👍👍🙂
Both the house and its location answer some questions I've had about the development of LA toward Torrance and Long Beach. And now I'll have to make a pilgrimage to the Banning House to see it in person.
Very beautiful house, designed to be family-friendly! 😊
Stunning building and former home of the Banning family. Thank you Ken for sharing.
Thank you for this video! I live in Torrance California, and sometimes I pass the banning mansion, and always wanted to take a tour of it, but never thought about the history of the Banning historical museum and today I thought about it we go on CZcams and see if there’s any videos that shows photos or videos of the property so I want to say thank you for the history of the Banning museum
I visited this maybe 5, possibly 10 years ago. Struck by the Greek Revival architecture - not at all Californian, and fairly unique for the area as there's not a lot left from this time period. It's really pretty far out of LA, more in Long Beach (and not too far from the USS Iowa). It was a hot day, but the house stayed pretty cool. There are a lot of period furnishings and some of those wall coverings are familiar, but pretty sure the 3rd floor was off limits and certainly the cupola was. Feels like it was free then or a very small fee - and visitors film was pretty good too. As is often the case, I was the only visitor and and (again often) the ladies were just sweet as could be and would walk through answering any question on your personal tour. If you enjoy this sort of house, it's a very good stop.
Wow - this is why we subscribe to THIS HOUSE! 🏠
I’ve lived in SoCal most of my life and never knew this history - or this House still being there! I’ll visit this summer for sure!
The FIRST eucalyptus trees in California?! They are my favorite trees!
I knew the history of Banning and the Port of LA - a great story - but what a tragic and ironic death.
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Thanks!
I love this home. Not a fan of heavy drapes. I enjoy the historical nuggets of information you incorporate in your shows. Nice work. And thank you very much.
I love the front parlor with it`s J & JW Meeks parlor set - very high end for it`s day. They were lucky to get it back for the public to enjoy.
Thanks for sharing this beautiful home...so very glad it has survived time and is still a most wonderful home to see
The library! That fireplace made me say "WOW"
Truly a very Lovely Home! I Love Greek Revival.....Love the parlor with its beautiful Meeks parlor suit......
Beautiful house and video. Always informative.
It's so gorgeous. And the dining room looks like a replica of the Disneyland Haunted Mansion dining room!
I like it. It's classy and not overdone for the era. It's rather "new" for a Greek Revival. When I saw the thumbnail, I guessed that the house was 30 or 40 years older than it actually is!
What a beautiful home! Thanks Ken. I love your content.
The crow's nest would have been my favourite room as well.
Another lovely place!
Glad it was restored. I would sit on the second floor porch so I could look down on everyone 😁
A very pretty house!!💗
Remarkable survival this one. The surrounding streets seem to be ordinary suburban housing.
Good job on the video!
I grew-up in Ontario California, 30 miles east of L.A. In elementary school we took field trips to "The Old Adobe" in Chino - technically it's "The Slaughter House." Slaughter was the family's name, not a verb. I guess they didn't want there to be any misunderstandings. "Yep, we took the kids to the Slaughter House today!" It's my understanding that it is still a museum. Besides being a functioning ranch built in the 1850s it was a Butterfield Stagecoach stop. I loved going there as a kid. I think that's what gave me an interest in history.I haven't been there for over 60 years. I'd love to see someone do a video on it.
May have to check this place out when I go to the LA area in late August
My favorite? All of them…
Very cool place. I went there with a friend who can see spirits. He told me that in the dining room he saw the entire family sitting there eating.
Horses never want to run into anyone! It's rather shocking... They typically do all they can to avoid any accidents.
My first thought was that man probably was crossing the road and thought oh they will stop I can go and nope. Pride got him
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Another dresser and mirror of the same vintage as the one from my family! Any idea about its vintage? Oh, and the headboard of bedroom set my sister now has had a message painted on the back reading “scarlet fever 1870.”
I went there during a 5th grade field trip. They didnt let us see a room because they said his son had an accident there and the carpet was stained. I wonder if they meant poop or blood. The drum barracks were also cool. You didnt show the stables. They have carriages in there with a old workshop for the horses.
Nixe tour. Were colors very subtle or did you choose to use black &white images. I would like to see color for realism.
I have questions. This house had 30 rooms. What were all the rooms?
Every room and Banning remind me of The 7th Guest
Someone decided to paint everything white…that needs to be restored.
7th Guest was about killing children, btw
ALTHOUGH I DON'T LIKE CALIFORNIA, AND I CERTAINLY DON'T LIKE L.A., ANOTHER NON-DEMOLITION MAKES THIS TURKEY GOBBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SO HIP HIP, HURRAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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