srhilt.blogg.se - Adobe drive pacifica

1900 to 1946 - The adobe is used at various times as a hotel, bordello, speakeasy, bootleg saloon, hunting lodge, and an artichoke packing shed.1879 - General Edward Kirkpatrick acquires the adobe.1878 - Bank of America forecloses on the property for unpaid debts.1871 - Sanchez adobe sold to James Regan for $5,000.1848 - California is ceded to the United States.1842 - 1846 - Sanchez builds a house on his property in Pacifica.1839 - Don Francisco Sanchez was granted two leagues of land (approximately the size of the present-day City of Pacifica) by the governor of Alta California.1834 - Mission lands (including the Assistancia, now in ruins) are confiscated by the Mexican government.

The village was most likely on the site of the shell mound which is now occupied by the caretaker's cottage to the west of the adobe house.

1791 - The Ohlone village of Pruristac was annihilated from diseases (possibly measles) carried by white missionaries.

1787- Willow fences were built to keep out hungry grizzly bears from the surrounding hillsides.

Records indicate they planted 36 acres of wheat, 8 acres of corn, an orchard and a vineyard.

1785 - Mission Farm (Assistancia-outpost) grew food for Mission Dolores (Mission San Francisco de Asis).

The Ohlone had lived in Pacifica for thousands of years. The Spanish named these people Coastoans.

1769 - Portola Expedition from Spain encounters people living in the village of Pruristac in present-day Linda Mar.

School programs may arrange special activities such as adobe brick-making, candle-making, cattle roping and children's games such as Native American stick games. Ongoing ActivitiesĪctivities occurring throughout the year include docent tours of building and site and historic shows.

Early Californian music and dance is performed, authentic Rancho food is served and demonstrations by Bygone Trades and make-it-yourself crafts are offered to the public. EventsĪ celebration of the California Rancho Period is featured during Rancho Day at Sanchez Adobe on the third Saturday of September. School programs and group tours available by reservation. Donations, of course, are gladly accepted and appreciated. Saturday and Sunday: 1 pm to 5 pm AdmissionĪdmission to the Sanchez Adobe is free. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday: 10 am to 4 pm Turn right into the parking lot just past Adobe Drive. Contact Informationįrom Highway 1 in Pacifica, turn east (away from the ocean) at Linda Mar Blvd. The old adobe home on the site, a fine example of authentic Monterey architecture, is the oldest building in San Mateo County. For many years it was the only provider of food for Mission Dolores in San Francisco. It was an Indian village, a mission farm, a cattle ranch, the home of Francisco Sanchez (alcalde (Mayor) of San Francisco), a residence of General Kirkpatrick, the Hotel San Pedro, a speakeasy known as Adobe House and an artichoke storage facility. Sanchez Adobe is a living history site that was occupied from prehistoric Indian times until it became a historic landmark in 1953.