San Luis Obispo County CA Archives Photo Place.....Park Office, Montana De Oro State Park 
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Source:             Discovering San Luis Obispo County
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PARK OFFICE AT MONTANA DE ORO STATE PARK

History and Description:

The park office at Montana De Oro State Park was originally built as a residence
for the Spooner family, who owned most of what is now the park. Mr. and Mrs.
Spooner first settled in the area in 1892.  Parts of the house now standing were
constructed in 1905.  The house once was part of a cluster of farm buildings, as
the Spooner family grew beans and barley, raised cattle and dairy cows, and
produced milk and butter. A landing was also built in Spooner's Cove.  All that
remains now is a hole through the cliff, a wooden ladder, and some foundation
holes cut in the rocks of the tidepools.  The products of the Pecho Ranch were
shipped up and down the California coast. The lumber used to build the house was
brought by steamer from San Francisco and landed at the cove.

The house is of wood frame construction with vertical boards and batten siding.
 The house sits on a low foundation wall of random local stone. All of the
structural members are full sized (i.e., a two by four actually measures two by
four inches, etc.).  Some of the interior walls and ceilings are covered with
tongue and groove planks.  The building is painted white with green trim, and
has a roof of green composition shingles, the original shingle coverings having
been wood.

Sources:
Observation of structure
Small historical display inside the park office


Additional Comments:
Extracted from

Discovering San Luis Obispo County
by
Carleton M. Winslow

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