Elmshaven (Ellen Gould White House) - View this location on map From 1900 to 1915, Elmshaven was the home of Ellen Gould White (1827-1915), a co-founder of the Seventh Day Adventist Church, one of the Nation's largest indigenous denominations. Raised as a devout Methodist near Portland, Maine, the young Ellen's family was expelled from its congregation for following a millenialist preacher who predicted the second coming of Christ in 1843 or '44. Soon after it became clear this prediction was a disappointment, the 17-year-old Ellen began having visions, which she related to others. Ellen White and her husband played a central role in the formation of the Western Health Reform Institute in Battle Creek, which became famous under the leadership of Dr. John Harvey Kellogg. 125 Glass Mountain Lane, St. Helena, California Historical

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