Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park

Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park, situated at 525 Esplanade in Chico, California, was the home of General John Bidwell and Annie Bidwell from late 1868 until 1900 when Gen. Bidwell kicked the bucket. Annie kept on living there until her passing in 1918. John Bidwell started development of the manor on his 26,000 sections of land 110 km² Rancho del Arroyo Chico in 1865, amid his romance of Annie Ellicott Kennedy. After their marriage in 1868, the three-story, 26 room Victorian house turned into the social and social focus of the upper Sacramento Valley. Presently a gallery and State Historic Park, it is California Historical Landmark and is recorded on the National Register of Historic Places.

The chateau was a $60,000 venture and was done in May 1868. Whenever built, Bidwell Mansion included present-day plumbing, gas lighting, and water frameworks. The three-storey block structure is worked in a casually sentimental adaptation of the Italianate style. It likewise has parts of the Italian Villa and Octagon house writes exhibit. The building's outside is done with a pink-tinted mortar. The primary floor of the Bidwell Mansion is open by means of an incline from the outside of the Mansion. The inside of the whole house can be seen amid 60 minutes in length visit that begins on the hour longest periods of the week. A video is accessible in the guest place for the individuals who cannot climb the 50 stairs to the second and third floors of the manor.