Stone House

Stone House is a California Historical Landmark in Lake County.

6 miles north of Middletown · location approximate

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Oldest building in Lake County. Erected of stone in 1853-54 by Robert Sterling, whose wife was first white woman in Coyote Valley. Rebuilt in 1894. Headquarters of Guenoc land grant and first store in valley.

1971 register text, presented as a historical document. It uses the period's terms for Native people; the state's landmark listings still carry most of this wording, and the California Office of Historic Preservation maintains the program's current texts.

Many of these plaques have since been recast or their texts revised. The California Historical Landmarks program and its current texts are maintained by the California Office of Historic Preservation. California Office of Historic Preservation ↗

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1848 · Gold And Quicksilver District Of California, 1848 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1855 · Map of the Public Surveys in California, 1855 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1864 · Reconnaissance of the western coast of the United States : middle sheet : from San… (American Geographical Society Library, UW-Milwaukee)
1869 · Map Showing California Pacific Rail Road Extension (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1896 · Sonoma, Marin, Lake, and Napa Counties. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Map of the Public Surveys in California, 1855, 1855, covering the location of Stone House, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Map of the Public Surveys in California, 1855, 1855, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours and the location is approximate.

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Marker data: State of California, Department of Parks and Recreation, California Historical Landmarks (1971)

Stone House

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