12 Facts About Huntington Library

In 1892, Huntington Library relocated to San Francisco with his first wife, Mary Alice Prentice, as well as their four children.

Huntington Library divorced Mary Alice Prentice in 1906; in 1913, he married his uncle's widow, Arabella Huntington, relocating from the financial and political center of Northern California, San Francisco, to the state's newer southern major metropolis, Los Angeles.

Huntington Library purchased a property of more than 500 acres that was then known as the "San Marino Ranch" and went on to purchase other large tracts of land in the Pasadena and Los Angeles areas of Los Angeles County for urban and suburban development.

Huntington Library was one of the founders of the City of San Marino, incorporated in 1913.

On September 5,2019, The Huntington Library kicked off a year-long celebration of its centennial year with exhibitions, special programs, initiatives, a special Huntington Library 100th rose, and a float in the 2020 Rose Parade in nearby Pasadena, California.

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Huntington Library building was designed in 1920 by the southern California architect Myron Hunt in the Mediterranean Revival style.

Huntington Library's collections are displayed in permanent installations housed in the Huntington Library Art Gallery and Virginia Steele Scott Gallery of American Art.

Huntington Library worked to make them thrive in the generous California climate.

The Huntington Library has a program to protect and propagate endangered plant species.

Chinese garden, the largest outside of China, was dedicated on February 26,2008 after artisans from Suzhou, China spent some six months at Huntington Library to construct the first phase of the newest facility.

In 1911, art dealer George Turner Marsh sold his commercial Japanese tea garden to Henry E Huntington to create the foundations of what is known today as the Japanese Garden.

The Bonsai Courts at the Huntington Library is the home of the Golden State Bonsai Federation Southern Collection.