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Villa Montezuma Museum, San Diego, CA

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Villa Montezuma Museum

A Queen Anne Victorian house museum in San Diego's Sherman Heights, built in 1887 for pianist and writer Jesse Shepard.

1925 K Street, San Diego, CA 92102 · San Diego, CA

About Villa Montezuma Museum

This Victorian house in the Sherman Heights neighborhood east of downtown San Diego was built in 1887 as the home of pianist, author, and Spiritualist Jesse Shepard, who also wrote under the name Francis Grierson. The museum, which is on the National Register of Historic Places, opened to the public in 1972 and is owned by the City of San Diego and run by a nonprofit group. Guided tours are the way to see the interior. Restoration work that began in 2025 has limited access, so visitors should check the current schedule and book ahead. The site also hosts music salons, poetry readings, and painting groups.

  • #Victorian house
  • #historic house museum
  • #Queen Anne architecture
  • #Jesse Shepard
  • #Sherman Heights

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