Dallidet Adobe

Pierre Hyppolite Dallidet stopped in San Luis Obispo in 1853 on his way to Mexico and stayed. He raised this adobe in 1856, set half a storey above grade so a wine cellar could sit beneath it, and made the county's first commercial wine. By the 1880s he was the largest landowner in town. Debt took the holdings apart after he died, and his unmarried children stayed on in the house. Paul Dallidet deeded it to the county historical society in 1953, a century to the year after his father arrived.

What the plaque says

Dallidet Adobe This was the home of Pierre Hyppolite Dallidet, native of France, who settled in San Luis Obispo in 1853 and became a vineyardist. It was given by Paul Dallidet, his son, to the San Luis Obispo County Historical Society in 1953, in memory of the Dallidet family who had occupied it for a century. California Registered Historical Landmark No. 720 Plaque placed by the California State Park Commission in cooperation with the San Luis Obispo County Historical Society and San Luisita Parlor No. 108 and San Miguel Parlor No. 94, Native Daughters of the Golden West, September 9, 1960.

Where it stands

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