SPRECKELS FARMHOUSE

In addition to Building Number 91, as the house was called, a blacksmith shop, outhouse, barn, windmill, and two water troughs were on the property located on Harkins Road.

The house was constructed at a cost of $1,960, and the outhouse cost $25 to build. The Spreckels Sugar Company built four distinct types of housing for its employees with Building 91 representing type A, the simplest form. Measuring 24' X 26', the house originally sat on a mud sill foundation. The roof was shingled and the siding was redwood. The interior walls were covered with cloth and paper. The houses built in town were distinguished by a small window in the front gable. Those built on outlying ranches were adorned with the "wooden sugar beet" as seen on Building 91.

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 Through generous donations of time, money and artifacts, the house has been renovated to represent a typical Salinas Valley farmhouse.