Salvador Vallejo Adobe

The bronze names who built this house: Indian laborers, over the decade before the Bear Flag Party took Sonoma. Salvador Vallejo's wealth rested on that labor well beyond the plaza. In 1847 he sold the cattle on his Clear Lake grant to Andrew Kelsey and Charles Stone, who forced the Pomo there to work the herds; the Pomo killed them in 1849, and the Army answered with the Bloody Island massacre in 1850. From 1858 the house was Cumberland College. A later city plaque misspells him Salvadore.

What the plaque says

Salvador Vallejo Adobe Home of Captain Salvador Vallejo. He was the brother of General Mariano G. Vallejo, Sonoma's founder. Built by Indian labor, 1836-1846. Occupied by Captain Vallejo and family until Bear Flag Party seized Sonoma, June 14, 1846. Cumberland College, Presbyterian co-educational boarding school, located here 1858-1864. Historical Landmark No. 501 California State Park Commission. City of Sonoma Historic Building Salvadore Vallejo Adobe 1836 Sonoma Valley Rotary

Where it stands

More markers nearby

• Swiss Hotel — steps away
• Bear Flag Monument — steps away
• Presidio of Sonoma (Sonoma Barracks) — steps away
• Union Hotel and Union Hall — steps away