Corona Heritage Foundation Online

Welcome!

We hope that this website will answer questions you might have about the current development of Corona Heritage Park and inspire you to visit this historic slice of our community.

The Corona Heritage Foundation is established as a non-profit, tax-exempt organization created to secure funding to operate Corona Heritage Park.

The park is also the new home to the:
? Corona Art Association
? Corona Heritage Garden Society
? Corona Model Railroad Society

Our Mission

The purpose of Corona Heritage Park is to promote and enhance an appreciation for the origins and development of the City of Corona, including its early industries with a special consideration for citrus. This is being accomplished by providing educational and recreational opportunities in a park-like setting with extensive museum facilities, surrounded by early twentieth-century buildings, formal and historic landscaping with a working lemon grove.

The park is at 510 West Foothill Parkway just west of Main Street

90 year-old ranch headquarters includes exotic specimens of plants and trees

The park was dedicated December 7, 2000

Corona Heritage Park and Museum is open free to all institutions and individuals wanting to learn more about the history of Corona. It includes multi-use commercial and recreational operations that produce a "living" museum. This is a park where people can visit, explore, research, dine, shop, or take part in recreational and educational activities.

The site of the park is the former headquarters of the Foothill Ranch, and is ideally suited for the location of the town's heritage park. It is at the former corner of Taylor Avenue and Chase Drive, now known as Foothill Parkway.

Foothill Lemon Company

Of the many citrus orchards once operating in Corona, Foothill Ranch was the largest, producing not only lemons, but grapefruit and oranges as well. Originally established in 1911 by S.B. Hampton, it was one of the oldest operating citrus companies in the state and one of the largest single lemon ranches. Of over 2,000 acres operated in western Riverside County, approximtely 900 acres of groves were just within the south boundary of the City of Corona bordering the coastal mountains of the Cleveland National Forest.

The Hampton House is well-preserved part of the ranch property