Historical Marker · No. 936
Rios-Caledonia Adobe
San Miguel, San Luis Obispo County · California
Erected by the State Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation with Friends of the Adobes, 1981
On 4 July 1846 Petronilo Ríos and William Reed bought the secularized mission together. Reed's household was murdered in its rooms two years later. Ríos raised this two-storey adobe a few hundred metres south, Salinan hands doing the work the bronze credits as Indian labor, and ran sheep and cattle from it. By the 1860s it was a hotel and stage stop called Caledonia on the road between Los Angeles and San Francisco, and it held that trade until 1886.
What the plaque says
Rios-Caledonia Adobe This imposing building is an excellent example of California's Mexican era architecture. Using Indian labor, Petronilo Rios built the two-story adobe about 1846 as his residence and headquarters for sheep and cattle operations. Named "Caledonia" in the 1860's it served as a hotel and stagestop between Los Angeles and San Francisco until 1886. Restoration began in 1968 by the Friends of the Adobes. California Registered Historical Landmark No. 936 Plaque placed by the State Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation with Friends of the Adobes, November 22, 1981.
Where it stands
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