California Historical Landmarks in Ventura County

California Historical Landmark 939
Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village
4595 Cochran Street
Simi Valley


Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village

This fantastic assemblage is one of California's remarkable Twentieth Century Folk Art Environments. In 1956, Tressa Prisbrey, then nearly 60 years old, started building a fanciful 'village' of shrines, walkways, sculptures, and buildings from recycled items and discards from the local dump. She worked for 25 years creating one structure after another to house her collections. Today, Bottle Village is composed of 13 buildings and 20 sculptures.

Citation from California Office of Historic Preservation

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