Nash Adobe

The man Nash refused to hand his office to was Lilburn Boggs. As governor of Missouri in 1838 he had ordered that the Mormons be treated as enemies and exterminated or driven from the state. Shot and nearly killed in 1842, he came west with the 1846 emigration, and General Kearny chose him to replace Nash, whom Sonoma's settlers had elected alcalde. Sherman came to this house for Nash when he would not step aside. Nancy Patton Adler lived here from 1848, and her great-granddaughter restored it in 1931. It is a private home.

What the plaque says

Nash-Patton Adobe This house was built by H. A. Green in 1847. Here John H. Nash was taken prisoner by Lieut. William T. Sherman in July 1847 for refusing to relinquish his post as alcalde to Lilburn W. Boggs. It was restored in 1931 by Zolita Bates, great granddaughter of Nancy Patton Adler, who lived here after her marriage in 1848 to Lewis Adler, pioneer merchant of San Francisco and Sonoma. California Registered Historical Landmark No. 667 Plaque placed by the California State Park Commission in cooperation with the Sonoma Valley Historical Society, July 18, 1959.

Where it stands

More markers nearby

• Union Hotel and Union Hall — steps away
• Bear Flag Monument — steps away
• Blue Wing Inn — 0.2 mi
• Presidio of Sonoma (Sonoma Barracks) — 0.2 mi