The Ramona Chapel at Heritage Junction was formally dedicated on Dec. 9, 2001, celebrating the completion of a year-long restoration led by SCV Historical Society board member Allan Howe. A plumbing contractor by trade, 84-year-old Howe worked on the Ramona chapel nearly every day from August 2000 to December 2001. He painstakingly rebuilt damaged woodwork and uncovered the original color ...

In April 1987, two iconic structures — the Little Red Schoolhouse and the Ramona Chapel — were relocated from Robert E. Callahan’s Old West in Agua Dulce to await new lives at Heritage Junction in Santa Clarita. A quaint sign mounted beneath the schoolhouse door reads, “100-Year-Old School Benches,” hinting at the rich educational history encapsulated within its modest frame. ...