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19th-century estate belonging to Phineas Banning. Museum includes a large display of 19th century stagecoaches located in the barn and a one-room school house adjacent to the house. Resting place for visiting ship's captains. Banning's backyard is now a city park, Banning Park.
Banning House, also known as the General Phineas Banning Residence Museum, is a historic Greek Revival-Victorian home in the Wilmington section of Los Angeles, California. Built in 1863 by Phineas Banning near the original San Pedro Bay, it remained in the Banning family until 1925 and has been owned by the City of Los Angeles since 1927. The home, barn and gardens are now operated as a museum. The Banning House property, also known as Banning Park, has been designated as a city Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument and state California Historical Landmark and has been federally listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Museum preserving the last remaining Civil War military post in Southern California.