Adventure 051, Site 153 – Governor Stoneman Adobe

Capture California, the Game-2012

Adventure: 051, Site 153 – Governor Stoneman Adobe

California Landmark Number: 669

Team: Thing One, Thing Two

Date:  October 6, 2012

Location:

Latitude: N 34° 06.875

Longitude: W 118° 08.193

Address: 1912 Montrobles Place , San Marino, CA

Description:

Thing One is not sure how he would feel about having a plaque in his front yard, along with a remnant of a adobe wall. But that is where we found this landmark, in a residential area. So it is a stop and take a picture and be off, rather than snooping into someone's front year.



Stoneman was both a general in the Union army during the Civil War. He later on served as Governor of California for a single term as a Democrat, from 1882-1886. If you remember the Robbie Robertson song, The Night They Drove Ole Dixie Down, Stoneman is mentioned in there:



Virgil Caine is the name, and I served on the Danville train,
Till Stoneman's cavalry came and tore up the tracks again ..




NO. 669 GOVERNOR STONEMAN ADOBE, LOS ROBLES - This was the site of 'Los Robles,' the 400-acre estate of Governor George Stoneman. President Rutherford B. Hayes was entertained here in 1880. The first schoolhouse in the San Gabriel Valley, California's first tennis club, and the first municipal Christmas tree of San Marino were located here.
Location: 1912 Montrobles Place, San Marino



From Waymarking:
This was the site of 'Los Robles,' the 400-acre estate of Governor George Stoneman. President Rutherford B. Hayes was entertained here in 1880. The first schoolhouse in the San Gabriel Valley, California's first tennis club, and the first municipal Christmas tree of San Marino were located here.



References:

• Wikipedia
  
• Waymarking
  

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)
  
• National Registry of Historical Places (NRHP)
  
• Noehill (NOE)
  
• Historical Marker Database (HMDB)
  
• WayMarking (WAY)
  
• Fresno – Local Historical Sites (FRLO)
  
• Fresno – National Historical Sites (FRNA)