Adventure: 051, Site 179 –
Nash-Patton Adobe
California Landmark Number: 667
Team: Thing One, Thing Two
Date: September 20, 2012
Location:
Latitude: 38° 17.422′ N
Longitude: 122° 27.417′ W
Address:
579 First Street East, Sonoma CA
Date Built: 1847
NO. 667 NASH ADOBE - This house was built by H. A. Green in 1847. Here John H. Nash was taken prisoner by Lieutenant William T. Sherman in July 1847 for refusing to relinquish his post as alcalde to Lilburn W. Boggs. The adobe was restored in 1931 by Zolita Bates, great-granddaughter of Nancy Patton Adler, who lived here after her 1848 marriage to Lewis Adler, pioneer merchant of San Francisco and Sonoma.
Location: 579-1st St E, Sonoma
From California Military Museum:
Sonoma's double storied adobe barracks became the home for various contingents of United States soldiers, sailors, and militiamen. Volunteer Captain John E. Brackett was in command in 1847 when Alcalde John H. Nash refused to surrender his justice-of-the-peace-type position to Lilburn W. Boggs. This was a direct challenge to the authority of the Colonel Richard B. Mason, the military governor. Brackett asked to be excused from forcing the issue; be said that the people who favored Nash might take revenge when Brackett left the service and settled in Sonoma.
Mason's reaction to this excuse was described as "wrath" by Lieutenant William T. Sherman who was sent to Sonoma to correct the situation. Accompanied by six sailors and Navy Lieutenant Louis McLane, Sherman arrived at Sonoma and easily found Nash. Any thought the deposed alcalde had of resisting evaporated when one of the sailors, inexperienced with hand guns, accidentally and harmlessly fired his pistol.
Several days later a bedraggled and seasick Nash arrived at Mason's Monterey headquarters. When Mason kindly explained the facts of life and told him "to go and sin no more," Nash eagerly agreed. His return to Sonoma to assist Boggs in assuming the alcalde duties marked the end of resistance in that area to American authority.
Comments on HMDB:
- The Nash-Patton
Adobe
Built by H.A.Green, a friend of John H. Nash, this small, 1-1/2 story adobe originally had two rooms upstairs and two rooms downstairs, with a lean-to at the rear. The covered porch has a brick floor and redwood hand-hewn beams; the roof has split shakes.
John H. Nash, an American citizen, lived here and was arrested here by Lt. William Tecumseh Sherman in July 1847, because he refused to turn over his office to American-appointed Alcalde, Lilburn W. Boggs.
This California pioneer adobe was purchased in 1848 by Patton and his wife, Nancy Bones Patton, a survivor of the Donner Party. The adobe was carefully restored in 1931 by Nancy’s great-granddaughter, Zolita Bates, and is very much in its original physical appearance.
Source: Sonoma Walking Tour Brochure
2. Incorrect Patton
I have to disagree with my 3rd Cousin Zolita, or who ever provided the information for this Marker. The Patton sister who married Lewis Alder was Ann Patton. There was a Nancy Patton but she did not marry Lewis Adler.
Richard Lyon, 2nd Great grandson of Prudence Patton Lyon, who lived in Sonoma from 1848 to 1880. Prudence was the sister of Ann and Nancy Patton.
— Submitted March 9,
2012, by Richard John Lyon of Austin, Texas
References:
Overall Landmark References:
- David Schmitt's California
State Historical Landmark (Schmitt)
- Wikipedia: California's
National Landmarks (WCNL)
- State of California's California
Historical Landmarks (CHL)
- Wikipedia: California
State Landmarks (WCSL)
- State of California Historical
Resources (CHR)
- Noehill
(NOE)
- Historical
Marker Database (HMDB)
- WayMarking
(WAY)
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