1850's Dallidet Adobe
This beautiful adobe home was built by Pierre Hypolite Dallidet, a carpenter by trade, he served in the French army, in Tahiti, until 1851. After seeking fortune in the California gold fields, Pierre set out for Mexico. He stopped in San Luis Obispo staying with the Mexican Salazar family. Pierre married the Salazar daughter, Maria Ascencion in 1856 and settled on the adjoining property. By 1870, Pierre, the first commercial vintner on California’s Central Coast, and was producing wine for the bustling Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa community. He raised several grape varieties including Mission and a rare Charbonneau. The original winery no longer exists, however the family wine cellar below the adobe still remains. Family redwood and olive trees still shelter the 1 acre garden. Pierre and Maria Ascencion had seven children. The last child, Paul, donated the adobe to the San Luis Obispo County Historical Society as a meeting place for the fledgling organization back in 1953. This adobe home is worth preserving as symbol of early California life – where the homes were as dynamic as the times. From the clay adobe bricks to the wooden addition added to accommodate a growing family, this adobe reflects a multi-cultural budding state as well as the multi-cultural family who continuously lived there for 100 years. Making this home unique among many Central Coast adobes is its centrality to the history of the now dominant wine industry .
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