Historical Marker · No. 614
Stanford-Lathrop Home
Sacramento, Sacramento County · California
Erected by The State Department of Parks and Recreation with the cooperation and support of the Stanford Alumni Club of Sacramento, August 1, 1986
Stanford governed California out of this parlour. He bought Seth Babson's 1857 house in 1861 and it stood as the state executive office until 1867, because the Capitol was not finished. The better part of the story comes later. In 1900 Jane Lathrop Stanford handed the house to the Roman Catholic Diocese to run as the Stanford-Lathrop Memorial Home for Friendless Children, which is the phrase cast on the bronze, and it took children in for decades afterward.
What the plaque says
Leland Stanford House The house was originally designed in 1857 by Seth Babson and was purchased by Leland Stanford in 1861. It served as the state executive office from 1861 to 1867 before the completion of the state capitol. It was later extensively remodeled and enlarged. In 1900 Jane Lathrop Stanford gave the house to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento to create the Stanford-Lathrop Memorial Home for Friendless Children. California Registered Historical Landmark No. 614 Plaque placed by the State Department of Parks and Recreation with the cooperation and support of the Stanford Alumni Club of Sacramento, August 1, 1986
Where it stands
38.57640, -121.49791 · Directions
Worth the stop nearby
- Sacramento — 0.6 miThe Gold Rush river port that became the state capital, and jacked itself ten feet into the air to stop drowning.