Anderson House Museum
Street view of the Anderson House, located at 215 E. Lime Avenue, just doors away to the east of the Monrovia City Hall.
George H. Anderson lived in this house for all of his nearly 88 years of life except for the first four months. The home originally belonged to his parents, John and Lizzie Anderson. John was active in the business life of Monrovia, serving on the City Council in the early days. He died in the home on January 25, 1902.
Lizzie Anderson continued to live there with her son George until her death on April 18, 1912. George, who never married, lived in the house until his death on July 10, 1974.
Title to the house passed to the Friends of the Monrovia Public Library on July 10, 1975, just one year after George’s death. Ownership of the house was then transferred to the Monrovia Historical Society in December, 1979.
Since then the Anderson House has served as an example of what a turn of the twentieth century home might have looked like on the inside. Furniture and other artifacts re-create the living environment, and Monrovian third graders get to tour the house each year as part of their unit on local history.
The Anderson House is open for visitors by appointment. Leave a message in the Contact Us selection on the homepage.