Beginning
February 11, 2012, the
Stone House will be open for touring on
the second Saturday of each month,
from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
In 1950, the California
Centennial Commission determined this Stone House to be the oldest
building in Lake County. A State
Historical Marker denoting its
significance sits just outside
the main gate of Hidden Valley Lake,
six miles
north of Middletown, CA, on Highway 29.
The construction of Stone House was begun in 1853 and
completed early in 1854 by Robert Henry
Sterling, then manager of both the 21,200-acre
Rancho Guenoc and the 8,778-acre Rancho
Collayomi. These were the only two land grants
confirmed in Lake County. Together they
contained most of the valley land in south
Lake County from near the Napa County line
north to the current
Spruce Grove Road, west almost to
Harbin Springs, and southeast to include the lands that
became Guenoc/Langtry vineyards.
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Stone House Historical Society meets
the first Tuesday of each month at 10 am in the
Activities Center next to the HVLA offices.
Residents of Hidden Valley Lake are always welcome to
attend one of our meetings.
Non-residents can leave
your name at the Hartmann Road gate
and tell the guard you are visiting
the Stone House.
Membership
in the Society is open to all. Whether as an active
participant or sustaining donor, annual dues remain at $5
for an individual, $$10 per couple.
At
our next
meeting, March 6,
Peter Braun, of Harbin Hot
Springs,
will give us some insight
into the history of that
world-famous resort |
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