Heritage Square — Local services in Oxnard

Heritage Square Phoenix is one of those unique city areas that keeps its history alive.

It is amazing how much is being done by the Heritage Square Foundation to preserve the historic buildings and get the tourists and general public acquainted with the history of Phoenix.

Upon entrance, I found the Heritage Square Visitor Center (a former Carriage House) to be of great help to visitors - besides educated and friendly working staff who welcome you in, they offer an excellent info display, free handouts, visitors guides and maps of Heritage Square Phoenix, - all this is so informative and helpful when you walk around the area.

Of course, on the premises of Heritage Square there's a very famous, historic Rosson House Museum that offers tours, the Teeter Carriage House (now it is one of the popular Royal Coffee Bars in the area), another old, but modernised structure is Baird Machine Shop (today it is a Pizzeria Bianco), and a gorgeous, open-air Lath House Pavilion that was completed in 1980. Nearby, there's a prominent Arizona Science Center that runs many programs in...

If you like architecture, you'll enjoy seeing the buildings at Heritage Square. Heritage Square contains (maybe a dozen?) beautifully restored old/historic houses with landscaping and walking paths around them and placards in front of each building explaining their histories. They are occupied by businesses so excepting the ones with restaurants it doesn't appear that you can look inside. Still, it was enjoyable for a walk and break from the car. There is also a small gift shop in the square with a very...

This place shows up on every tourist map of Oxnard. So, we decided give it a go. Nothing was open in the morning, and many of the "stores" were offices. Maybe I misunderstood what this place was, but I thought it would be a fun attraction for the family. We spent all of 5 minutes walking around reading the signs before I decided to take my bored family into the cute coffee shop for hot chocolates. That was a nice treat. Maybe this is a great place during special events... but not as a...