The A. S. Bradford House, also known as The Bradford House, is a historic home in

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. It was the home of Albert Sumner Bradford, who founded Placentia by arranging for establishment of a water tank along the railway. Homes and businesses within a one-mile radius could get water. Designed by

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, the

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, 15-room house was built in 1902, in an orange grove. with It was listed on the

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in 1978, and operated as a house museum at one point. Albert Sumner Bradford (August 18, 1860—March 30, 1933), originally from

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, bought 20 acres land in 1890 in what would become his Tesoro Ranch Placentia. He did much to support growth of the citrus industry.

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* Houses in Orange County, California Historic house museums in California Museums in Orange County, California Placentia, California Houses completed in 1902 Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in California National Register of Historic Places in Orange County, California Colonial Revival architecture in California {{California-museum-stub

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