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Elmshaven, St. Helena, CA

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Elmshaven

Victorian residence and historic house museum where Ellen G. White lived, now run by the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

125 Glass Mountain Lane, St. Helena, CA 94574 · St. Helena, CA

About Elmshaven

Elmshaven is a Victorian house in St. Helena, Napa Valley, built in 1885 by railroad entrepreneur Robert H. Pratt as a family retreat. Ellen G. White, a co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, acquired it in 1900 and lived there until her death in 1915. Many furnishings from her era remain arranged as she placed them, and she wrote many of her religious works here, including several volumes in an upper writing room. The Adventist Church owns and preserves the property, which was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1993. Visitors interested in architecture, antiques, or church history can tour the home year-round.

  • #historic house
  • #Victorian architecture
  • #Ellen G. White
  • #Seventh-day Adventist
  • #Napa Valley

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