Moyse Building, Chino

Name: Moyse Building
Address: Chino, United States

#4 among attractions in Chino

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The Moyse Building, also known as the Gray Building, is a historic building located at 13150 7th Street in Chino, California. Built in 1887, it is the oldest surviving building in the city. The building has served in several capacities for the city and has played a part in several civic firsts. After W. R. Dawson completed the building, he ran Chino's first post office from it. The second floor housed the city's first school, which had five students its first year. When Chino was first connected to telephone service, the Moyse Building was one of the first buildings with a connection. The building also hosted the city's first communal Thanksgiving celebration, which was led by the Rev. A. B. Orgen. In recent years, the building has housed the Chino Chamber of Commerce. ()

Coordinates: 34°0'53"N, 117°41'23"W

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Moyse Building – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Planes of Fame Air Museum, Yanks Air Museum, Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum, Pomona Fox Theater.

3.7 miSE
Museum
Planes of Fame Air Museum, Chino
94 min walk • Tucked away in the city of Chino, California, the Planes of Fame Air Museum serves as a soaring tribute to the history of aviation. This museum is a must-see destination for aircraft enthusiasts and history buffs alike. Established in 1957, the Planes of Fame Air...
3.5 miSE
Museum, Military museum
Yanks Air Museum, Chino
89 min walk • The Yanks Air Museum is a non-profit 501 organization and museum dedicated to exhibiting, preserving and restoring American aircraft and artifacts in order to show the evolution of American aviation, located at Chino Airport in Chino, California.
6.2 miNW
Museum
Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum, Pomona
159 min walk • The Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum is located on the edge of the Los Angeles County Fairplex. It houses a collection of memorabilia, automobiles and motorcycles related to the sport of hot rodding.
4.5 miNW
Theater, Art Deco architecture
Pomona Fox Theater, Pomona
116 min walk • The Fox Theater Pomona is a fully restored Art Deco movie palace from Hollywood's golden age in Pomona, Los Angeles County, California. Today the Fox Theater Pomona is a state-of-the-art venue for concerts, cinema, performances, and parties.
6.1 miNW
Museum, History museum
Palomares Park, Pomona
157 min walk • The Ygnacio Palomares Adobe, also known as Adobe de Palomares, is a one-story adobe brick structure in Pomona, California, built between 1850 and 1855 as a residence for Don Ygnacio Palomares. It was abandoned in the 1880s and was left to the elements until it was acquired by the City of Pomona in the 1930s.
1.8 miNW
Mosque
Baitul Hameed Mosque, Chino
46 min walk • The Baitul Hameed Mosque is the largest Ahmadiyya Muslim mosque in the Western United States with an area of 19,000 square feet sitting on nearly 5 acres.
5.8 miN
Cinema, Nightlife
Laemmle Theatres, Claremont
149 min walk • Laemmle Theatres is a group of family-run arthouse movie theaters in the Los Angeles area. It was established in 1938 and is owned and operated by Robert Laemmle and his son Greg Laemmle.
4.7 miNW
Museum, Art museum
American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona
121 min walk • The American Museum of Ceramic Art is an art museum for ceramic art, located in Pomona, California. Founded in 2003 as a nonprofit organization, the museum exhibits historic and contemporary ceramic artwork from both its permanent collection of 10,000 objects and through temporary rotating exhibitions.
2.4 miSW
City
Chino Hills
61 min walk • Chino Hills is a city located in the southwestern corner of San Bernardino County, California, United States. The city borders Los Angeles County on its northwest side, Orange County to its south and southwest, and Riverside County to its southeast.
5.6 miNW
Museum, History museum
La Casa Primera de Rancho San Jose, Pomona
143 min walk • La Casa Primera de Rancho San Jose is a historic adobe structure built in 1837 in Pomona, California. It is the oldest home located in the Pomona Valley and in the old Rancho San Jose land grant. It was declared a historic landmark in 1954 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in April 1975.
4 miNE
34°3'44"N • 117°38'56"W
Chaffey Community Museum of Art, Ontario
103 min walk • Museum