Grace Hudson Museum

The Grace Hudson Museum in Ukiah, California, is adjacent to the Sun House where artist Grace Hudson and her husband resided until their deaths. The house and museum are owned and operated by the city of Ukiah.

Grace Hudson Museum
Established1986
Location431 S Main Street
Ukiah, California, U.S.
Coordinates39°08′52″N 123°12′18″W
TypeHistorical society
Websitewww.gracehudsonmuseum.org
Sun House
Location431 S. Main St., Ukiah
Coordinates39°08′51″N 123°12′20″W
Built1911
ArchitectGeorge L Wilcox
Architectural styleCraftsman Bungalow
NRHP reference No.81000161 [2]
CHISL No.926[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 02, 1981

History
Front door of Sun House

Returning to California, Grace and John Hudson lived the rest of their days leading a modest bohemian lifestyle of collecting, traveling, field work, reading, entertaining, photography and painting based in The Sun House in Ukiah, a Craftsman-style California bungalow they designed and had built of redwood in 1911. The Hopi sun symbol was adopted by the Hudsons as their family symbol; the Sun House displays the emblem prominently over the door. John Hudson died there in 1936.

With no children of her own, Grace Hudson left The Sun House and its land to her nephew, Mark Carpenter. Carpenter preserved the house and its 30,000 collected objects for posterity, giving it to the City of Ukiah which operates the house and the adjoining Grace Hudson Museum. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and designated California Historical Landmark #926. The Sun House and Museum are within the 4-acre (16,000 m2) Hudson-Carpenter city park. The museum's website says of Grace Hudson that "...her work enjoys renewed interest and recognition for its fine and sympathetic portrayals of native peoples."[3]

  • Pomo Native American Indian baskets on exhibit

See also

References
  1. "Sun House". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved 2012-10-09.
  2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  3. The Grace Hudson Museum

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