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CBS is temporarily located in a house on the Heritage Park property until our new building is complete.
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 was dedicated on 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 the past, explore their talents, research, shop, or take part in recreational and educational activities.
The site of the park is the historic headquarters of the Foothill Lemon Company. It is at the former corner of Taylor Avenue and Chase Drive, now known as Foothill Parkway. The park is also home to:
- Corona Art Association
- Corona Artists in Residence
- Corona Heritage Garden Society
- Corona Historic Preservation Society
- Corona Model Railroad Society
- Foothill Agricultural Research
- Foothill Ranch Farmers Market
- 1904 Hotel Del Rey (Victoria Hotel) Restoration Project
Foothill Lemon Company was one 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, approximately 900 acres of groves were just within the south boundary of the City of Corona bordering the coastal mountains of the Cleveland National Forest.
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