#0939 Twentieth Century Folk Art Environments - Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village

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#0939 Twentieth Century Folk Art Environments - Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village

Site information:

4595 Cochran St, Simi Valley

Site is privately owned and gated. Plaque accessible at any time. Most of the buildings can be partially seen from outside the gates.

34.279118,-118.704612

Plaque information:

State plaque

Plaque text:

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 recylced 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.

Plaque placed by the State Department of Parks and Recreation with cooperation with Preserve Bottle Village. July 21, 1984.

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