San Luis Obispo County, California
State Historical
Landmarks,
Points of Historical Interest, and the California Register of Historic
Places list
is provided by the Office of Historic Preservation - California Department
of Parks and Recreation and is also available in the California Historical
Landmarks Book.
NO. 325
MISSION SAN LUÍS OBISPO DE TOLOSA - Founded
by Fray Junípero Serra, OFM, first president of the California missions,
Mission San Luís Obispo was the fifth in a chain of 21 missions stretching from San
Diego to Sonoma. Built by the Chumash Indians living in the area, its combination
of belfry and vestibule is unique among California missions. In 1846 John C. Frémont
and his California Battalion quartered here while engaged in the war with
Mexico.
Location: Monterey between Chorro and Broad Sts, San Luis Obispo
NO. 326
MISSION SAN MIGUEL ARCÁNGEL - This site
was selected because of the great number of Salinan Indians that lived
in the vicinity. Fray Fermín Francisco de Lasuén, OFM, second president of
the California missions, founded San Miguel Arcángel on July 25,
1797. The 16th in a chain of 21 Franciscan missions, it influenced not only the native population,
but the history of California as a whole.
Location: SW corner of Mission St and San Luis Obispo Rd, San
Miguel
USGS Quadrangle Sheet Name: SAN MIGUEL
NO. 364 SANTA MARGARITA ASISTENCIA (SITE OF) - This asistencia
served as an outpost or chapel and storehouse for Mission San Luís
Obispo. Here the mission padres and the Indians carried on extensive grain
cultivation.
Location: Rancho Santa Margarita Hay Barn (private property,
no trespassing), 1/4 mi N of intersection of Yerba Buena Ave and F St,
Santa Margarita
NO. 542 ESTRELLA ADOBE CHURCH - This was the first Protestant
church to be erected in the northern part of San Luis Obispo County. Construction was completed in 1878, restoration was completed in 1952.
Location: On Airport Rd, 2.5 mi N of State Hwy 46, Paso Robles
USGS Quadrangle Sheet Name: PASO ROBLES
NO. 6405
HEARST SAN SIMEON STATE HISTORICAL MONUMENT -
Here on the historic Piedra Blanca Rancho, between 1919 and 1947, William Randolph Hearst created La Cuesta Encantada (The Enchanted
Hill), including La Casa Grande and adjacent buildings with their rare
art treasures and beautiful gardens. The Hearst Corporation presented it to the State
of California in 1958 as a memorial to William Randolph Hearst, donated
in the name of his
mother, Phoebe Apperson Hearst.
Location: Hearst San Simeon State Historical Monument, plaque
located in entrance rest area, State Hwy 1, San Simeon
USGS Quadrangle Sheet Name: SAN SIMEON
NO. 720 DALLIDET ADOBE - This was the home of Pierre Hyppolite
Dallidet, a native of France, who settled in San Luis Obispo in 1853 and
became a vineyardist. His son, Paul Dallidet, gave it to the San Luis Obispo
County Historical Society in 1953, in memory of the Dallidet family that
had occupied it for a
century.
Location: 1309 Toro at Pacific, San Luis Obispo
NO. 726 THE SEBASTIAN STORE - This is the oldest store
building along the north coast of San Luis Obispo County. Built in the
1860s at Whaling Point,
one-half mile to the west, it was moved to its present location in
1878. It has been operated by the Sebastian family for over half a century.
Location: San Simeon Road, San Simeon
USGS Quadrangle Sheet Name: SAN SIMEON
NO. 802
AH LOUIS STORE - Ah Louis' Store, established in
1874, was the first Chinese store in the county. It sold general merchandise
and herbs and
served as a bank, counting house, and post office for the numerous
Chinese coolies who dug the eight tunnels through the Mountains of Cuesta
for the Southern Pacific Railroad, 1884 to 1894.
Location: 800 Palm St at Chorro St, San Luis Obispo
NO. 821
MORRO ROCK - An important mariner's navigational
landfall for over three hundred years, Morro Reef was chronicled in the
diaries of Portolá, Fr. Crespí, and Costanso in 1769, when they camped near this area
on their trek to find Monterey. Sometimes called the 'Gibraltar of the
Pacific,' it is the last in the famous chain of nine peaks that starts in the City of San Luis Obispo.
Location: Located in city park, foot of Morro Rock, on Embarcadero
Rd, 0.4 mi NW of Morro Bay
USGS Quadrangle Sheet Name: NEWBURY PARK
NO. 936 RIOS-CALEDONIA ADOBE - This imposing building is
an excellent example of California's Mexican-era architecture. With Indian
labor, Petronilo Ríos built the two-story adobe about 1846 as his residence and
the headquarters for his sheep and cattle operations. Named 'Caledonia'
in the 1860s, it served as a hotel and stop on the stage route between Los Angeles and San Francisco
until 1886. Restoration was begun in 1968 by the Friends of the Adobes.
Location: 700 Mission St, San Miguel
USGS Quadrangle Sheet Name: SAN MIGUEL
NO. 939 Twentieth Century Folk Art Environments (Thematic)
-NITT WITT RIDGE - Nitt Witt Ridge, one of California's remarkable Twentieth
Century Folk Art Environments, is the creation of Arthur Harold Beal
(der Tinkerpaw or Capt. Nitt Witt), a Cambria Pines pioneer, who sculpted
the land using hand tools and indigenous materials, remarkable inventiveness, and
self-taught skills. A blend of native materials and contemporary elements,
impressive in its sheer
mass and meticulous placement, it is a revealing memorial to Art's
unique cosmic humor and zest for life.
Location: Nitt Witt Ridge, 881 Hillcrest Dr, Cambria Pines
NO. 958 ADMINISTRATION AND VETERAN'S MEMORIAL BUILDING
- This building, dedicated in 1914 and completed in 1918, was the
headquarters for the Atascadero Colony, a model community envisioned
by Edward G. Lewis. Designed by Walter D. Bliss of San Francisco and built
of reinforced
concrete and locally produced brick, it had also served as a private
school for boys, a veteran's memorial building, and county offices. It
is currently the seat of
municipal government.
Location: 6500 Palma Ave, Atascadero
USGS Quadrangle Sheet Name: ATASCADERO
