San Luis Obispo County CA Archives Photo Place.....Dana Adobe, Nipomo 
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THE DANA ADOBE 
Nipomo

History and Description:

William Goodwin Dana was born in Boston, Massachusetts on May 5, 1779.  He lived
and was educated in Boston until he was 18, when he went to work for an uncle
who took William to China for two years and then on to Calcutta for a year. 
While he was in India, he became a sailor and obtained a first-class navigator's
license and then engaged in trade among China, the Sandwich Islands, Sitka,
California, and Boston.  In 1820, he established a large commercial business and
warehouse on Oahu, Hawaii.  Later, he moved to California and married a senorita
named Maria Josefa Carrillo on August 20, 1828. On that date he became a
naturalized Mexican citizen and was given the position of captain of the Port of
Santa Barbara.  Later in the same year he launched the first sea-going vessel to
be built in California.  In 1836, he became the Alcade of Santa Barbara and also
applied to the Mexican government for a 37,888-acre land grant which is now
around the town of Nipomo,  He received the land and moved to Nipomo where he
built the adobe.

The house was built to accommodate his thirteen children. It is one and one-half
stories and was made of adobe bricks.  The wood for the beams and floors were
brought to the site by oxen from the vicinity of Santa Ynez and the roof, unlike
most other roofs at the time, was built of tar and gravel.  There was originally
a cupola on the southern end of the house from which the Danas could look out
over a good portion of the valley in which they lived. The. site is on a
secluded tree-covered knoll which even today is a very quiet, shady and restful
spot.  The Dana house became known for its hospitality and as an important
passenger and cargo stop.  In the next ten years, the Dana family built several
other houses in the area and some are still owned by the family today.
The Dana Adobe is now owned by the San Luis Obispo County Historical Society.

Sources:
Telegram-Tribune
Louisiana Dart, Curator, San Luis Obispo County Historical Museum 
Nipomo Library Term paper by a Cal Poly student


Additional Comments:
Extracted from

Discovering San Luis Obispo County
by
Carleton M. Winslow


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