2482 San Diego Avenue
San Diego, CA 92110
(619) 297-7511
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Built by San Diego pioneer Thomas Whaley, this 1857 Greek Revival building served as the Whaley family home, San Diego’s first commercial theater, an early County Courthouse, and a general store. This period-furnished house museum has been called “America’s Most Haunted House.”
1850s-1870s period furnishings and artifacts of a mid-nineteenth century San Diego family residence; historic theater, courthouse, general store, and gardens. The museum resides in a small park that also includes a museum shop located in an 1870s French Mansard Victorian.
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