San Luis Obispo County CA Archives Photo Place.....Vasquez-Hollister Adobe, San Luis Obispo 
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THE VASQUEZ-HOLLISTER ADOBE

History and Description:

On the land now owned by Cuesta College stands the historic Vasquez-Hollister
adobe.  Although nothing is known about the origin of this structure, the
history of the building after it was completed can be traced through records of
title transfer of the land on which it stands.  Built on the 3176-acre Rancho
Canada del Chorro sometime between the years 1800 and 1830, the adobe became the
property of Don Diego Scott and Don Juan Wilson when the land was granted to
them by Governor Pio Pico on October 10, 1845.  The land was patented on March
29, 1861, to John Wilson.  It was sold to the Hollister family in 1865 and
henceforth was called the Vasquez-Hollister adobe.  The land was subsequently
purchased by the United States government for the purpose of constructing a
military camp.  The county of San Luis Obispo later purchased a part of this
land, including the adobe, for the purpose of establishing Cuesta Junior
College.  The archeology department of that school is now in the process of
restoring that structure.

The Vasquez-Hollister adobe is 20 feet wide by 48 feet long.  It has three
rooms, the center one was the original structure, the Hollister family added the
outer wings sometime after 1865.  It has handmade adobe brick walls which are
twenty inches thick and covered with plaster which was made from clam shells.
The lintels over the windows and passageways are wood. The original roof was
flat and made of wooden beams covered with sod.  The present roof is hip and
composed of hand-hewn wooden shingles.  The floor is made of flat wooden planks.
 There is a still-functional fireplace between the main room and one of the wings.

Sources:
Louisiana Dart, Curator, San Luis Obispo County Historical Museum
Portola's Trek 1769, La Fiesta 1969, San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo County Recorders' Office, Titles and Documents


Additional Comments:
Extracted from

Discovering San Luis Obispo County
by
Carleton M. Winslow

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