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Sam and Alfreda Maloof Compound

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The Sam and Alfreda Maloof Compound is a historic residential complex located at 5131 Carnelian Street in Alta Loma, California. The complex includes the house and workshop of woodworker and furniture designer Sam Maloof, who designed the buildings himself. Maloof's house includes hand-carved redwood doors and windows, which Maloof gradually carved to replace the pre-made fixtures. Maloof also replaced many of the house's functional elements with his own creations, including door handles and surrounds, rafters, and even toilet seats. Maloof used the adjacent workshop and display room to build and show his furniture, and he experienced his greatest period of success in the 1960s and 1970s while working in the house. The house was relocated in the early 2000s when California State Route 210 was built through the area; it is now a museum of Arts and Crafts work.The property was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 9, 2010.

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Sam and Alfreda Maloof Compound
Carnelian Street, Rancho Cucamonga

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Sam and Alfreda Maloof Foundation for Arts and Crafts

Carnelian Street 5131
91701 Rancho Cucamonga
California, United States
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The Casa de Rancho Cucamonga, commonly known as the John Rains House, is a historic house located at 8810 Hemlock St. in Rancho Cucamonga, California. The house was built in 1860–1861 after John Rains purchased the Rancho Cucamonga land grant in 1858 from the Tapia estate. The brick house featured its own cooling system, which used ducts to send creek water under the house. John Rains was a prominent businessman and socialite who opened California's first commercial winery, and his house hosted lavish parties for other local elites. Rains' fortunes soon took a turn for the worse, though; he had to mortgage the house after several business failings, and in 1862 he was murdered. Maria Merced Williams, Rains' wife, who had originally inherited the property from her father, attempted to regain ownership after Rains' death but the rancho was gradually parceled out until she lost the entire property in the 1870s due in part to Rains arranging through his personal attorney to have only his name listed on the deed to all the properties. Through this lawyer the properties were signed over to his brother-in-law who gained his property from marrying Merced William's sister who had received it as the other half of the inheritance.The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 24, 1973. It is currently open to the public as a historic house museum and is a branch site of the San Bernardino County Museum.