Eaton House Museum

Location & Contact:

1520 West Street
Redding, CA 96001

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Description:

Behrens-Eaton House Museum
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Tuesday and Wednesday
10 am to 4 pm
Saturday 1-4 pm
Closed Holidays

Admission Free
Donations Accepted

The Behrens-Eaton House, a Victorian style turn of the century home, is located at 1520 West Street, Redding, California. It was built by John Scott in 1895 and purchased by Charles Behrens, Sheriff of Shasta County and grandfather of Judge Richard Behrens Eaton, in 1898.

The Behrens-Eaton family lived in the home from that date untill Judge Eaton's death in 2003.

The Judge left a trust dictating that his home be turned into a Victorian Museum to show future generations what a family home of that era looked like. His will stipulated that the governors establish a repository of historical books, artifacts, letters, illustrations, photopgraphs and papers which are symbolic of Judge Eaton's professional career and his public life; relatuve to Shasta County and California history. To display this wealth of material there are two display museums at 1939 and 1925 Butte Street- just north of the Behrens-Eaton Museum.

The Behrens-Eaton home is currently undergoing restoration. The next phase will be wiring, heating and cooling. We hope that it will be open to the public by Summer 2010. At that time we will begin the indoor restoration and bringing the family belongings out of storage.