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SANDERCOCK HOUSE 
835 Islay Street, San Luis Obispo

History and Description:

Mr. Sandercock came to California by boat from Britian in the late 1800's,
Landing in the then small town of Los Angeles.  Not caring for the dust or the
Indians, he moved north to San Luis Obispo making his home in the small adobe
before his residence was built on Islay Street.

Sandercock was a very respected citzen.  He established the Sandercock Drayage
Company, now Sandercock Transfer, on Higuera Street inside the Wells Fargo
Building which was then quite a prestigious location. His company was always
busy and is said to have hauled the quarry stones for the San Luis Obispo County
Courthouse.

The house was built approximately in 1905, in the better section of town where
all the mansions and great houses were.  The house itself was surrounded by
stables which held the carriages and personal horses which the Sandercocks had
in numbers due to the drayage company.

The Sandercocks had three children, two sons, one of whom died in the house, and
a daughter, Helen, who attended Cal Poly in its early years.  Mr. Sandercock
imported many mustangs from Utah and Nebraska but it was their thoroughbreds
that Helen rode on to school and back.

After Mr. Sandercock's death in 1933, the house was passed down to the family
until it was sold in 1941.  Miles Mathews, another prominent citizen, gained
ownership shortly thereafter and kept the house or rented it for a number of
years later.

After the Sandercocks' occupancy, the house was used for various purposes.  It
was once a home for the aged which explains the concrete ramp facing Beach
Street.  Later it was a fraternity house and it was they who installed the
gravestones in the backyard to make a patio.  Their insignia still appears on
the concrete in front of the house.

Finally, the house was again sold, and sold or rented again and again, and
frequently to many notable instructors from the college until the present day.

The house was a real showplace in its time, following the latest Victorian style
including its private, sweeping sidewalk with the Sandercock name imprinted on
its steps.  There are curved glass windows enclosing its porch, stained glass
windows in the front bedroom, and such modern conveniences as sliding doors
between the redwood paneled living room and parlor.

Sources:
Louisiana Dart, Curator, San Luis Obispo County Historical Museum 
R. L. Graves, Cal Poly instructor and present owner 
Security Title Company, San Luis Obispo San Luis 
Obsipo Building Department Mr. 
McDonal in conversation with Helen Sandercock


Additional Comments:
Extracted from

Discovering San Luis Obispo County
by
Carleton M. Winslow


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