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OLD SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY COURTHOUSE 
Monterey Street

History and Description:

The old San Luis Obispo County Courthouse, built in 1873, started a new era in
San Luis Obispo's history. It was one of the best examples of classically
inspired architecture in San Luis Obispo at that time. It served the county for
67 years.  It was razed in 1940.

The old San Luis Obispo County Courthouse was a three story building built out
of brick.  It had steep iron stairways.  It was a success architecturally and
it's cost totalled $40,000.00.

The bricks that went into the old courthouse were manufactured by Ah Louis and
his Chinese workmen who built a large part of the railroad tunnels through which
rail transportation came to San Luis Obispo in 1894.

Ah Louis established the flower seed industry in the county and built San Luis
Obispo Chinatown.

The old courthouse was located along Monterey Street. Higuera Street was a
commercial district.  The development of the city and county that followed the
erection of the courthouse was speeded with the settlement of land titles in the
decade.

Some of the forgotten records have been found. Long forgotten records came to
light to take their present rightful places as museum pieces.  The record which
was the oldest auditor's book kept by a Mexican, with entries in Spanish, was
found by Willis Chase.  When the American official took over this office in
1851, he continued the entries in the same book, but in English.

This old courthouse was called "old time influence" in the good old days.

Sources:
Louisiana Dart, Curator, San Luis Obispo County Historical Museum


Additional Comments:
Extracted from

Discovering San Luis Obispo County
by
Carleton M. Winslow


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