Villa Montezuma Museum

The Villa Montezuma is a beautiful Queen Anne Victorian House Museum located in the Sherman Heights Historic District just off the 5 freeway, near downtown San Diego, California. On the National Register of Historic Places, the Villa Montezuma, aka the Jesse Shepard House, was built in 1887 by master architects Comstock and Trotsche. Jesse Shepard came to San Diego after touring the royal courts of Europe during his career as a musician. While in San Diego he built the magnificent Villa Montezuma and started a new career as an author under the pen name Francis Grierson.

The museum offers on location tours as well as online tours of the Queen Anne house that is unlike any other tour offered. The museum and house is very unique and the preservation of the interior of the home is like no other. Guests will get a feel of how those lived in this time period and almost feel as though they are actually a part of the time. The Villa Montezuma is on the National Register of Historic Places and renown throughout the world as a premier example of Victorian Architecture.

Restoration of this museum and house are underway and the museum is currently closed for tours until the job is complete.