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Rios-Caledonia Adobe
All photographs taken by Kenneth A. Larson. All rights reserved. © 2005 - 2012.|
The Rios-Caledonia Adobe was built in 1835 by local Indians on former Mission San Miguel de Archangel property. Construction was supervised by Petronilo Rios, a corporal commanding the eight men artillery detachment at the mission. Timbers for the fourteen-foot rafters for the two-story adobe came from Cambria and were lashed together with leather straps. In 1846, only a few days before California became part of the United States, William Reed, Miguel Garcia, and Petronilo Rios bought the San Miguel rancho. Rios moved into the adobe in 1851 along with his wife, Catarina Avila, and their twelve children. Warren C. Rickard purchased the property from the state of California in 1862 and in 1868 George Butchard named the adobe the Caledonia, a Scottish word meaning welcome. Butchard operated a stagecoach stop, tavern, and inn. to be edited Morgan, Brians, and Sons, along with Jude Jeffries were the next occupants. In 1886, following the arrival of the Southern Pacific Railroad service to San Miguel, the Rios-Caledonia Adobe was converted into a residence, school, post office, mattress making/upholstery shop, and a dressmaking/tailor shop. In 1895 the Fred Telford family lived in the adobe and operated a dairy farm on the property. In 1903 Alfred Nygren, his wife and two children were in residence until the adobe and six acres sold to real estate broker and Spanish-American War veteran Charles Dories who developed plans to restore the building and open it to the public. In 1915 the original stagecoach road became part of Highway 101. to be edited The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors purchased the adobe in 1964. An accurate reconstruction of the adobe was completed in 1972 and the buildng was formally dedicated in December of that year. In June 1978, the adobe, museum and gift shop were opened. The restoration is a continuing cooperative effort between the Friends of the Adobes, Inc. and the County of San Luis Obispo. The Rios-Caledonia Adobe is now California Historical Landmark No. 937 and a San Luis Obispo County Park. I discoved Rios-Caledonia Adobe on the fateful day in which my hopes to attend Christmas Mass at Mission San Miguel, the only unrestored mission, were crushed by an earthquake 72 hours earlier. Rios-Caledonia Adobe was also damaged by the earthquake and remained closed for several months. Hours: Friday - Sunday from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m 700 S. Main Street San Miguel, California 93451 805.467.3357 |
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