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Heritage Shared     

Hearst Castle  Men Standing  Stenner Creek
The history of the San Luis Obispo County and the Central Coast of California.

Our members are local residents from all walks of life. We share a fascination with Central Coast histories and cultures, particularly as they relate to each other and connect our region to the wider world.

Heritage Shared fosters inclusive, participatory community histories, especially through historical research and interpretation, publications, history education, exhibits and public programs, and historic preservation. The organization also encourages cooperative ventures among Central Coast cultural organizations, believing that the past belongs to all of us and grows richer in the sharing.

HeritageShared.org strives to help keep news about Central Coast history timely and easily accessible. It serves as a newsletter, calendar of upcoming historically related events, medium for virtual tours of notable historic sites and structures, and as an open archive of historical resources for the convenience of the broader community.

A Bit of a Mystery: Ignace Jan Paderewski's Henhouse, Polish, 1860-1941, was an extraordinary figure in recent history, both as a musical genius and as a politician and statesman in Poland. He came to California and lived a while at Atascadero.  In 1931 or thereabouts, Paderewski made an investment in a chicken or poultry enterprise called Runnymeade, the world's largest "henhouse" as it was called.  During the heart of the depression it went bankrupt. Do you know anything about Runnymeade? If so, please send an email to us at cheadland@att.net or astridjansa@me.com. We're very curious!

A series of video podcasts is available for download through iTunes from the History Center of SLO County at Historic Downtown San Luis Obispo Walking Tour.

Barns Are Noble

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An Excerpt from: Barns are Noble

Historical resources include, but are not limited to, buildings, structures, sites, areas and places that are historically significant or that are significant in the architectural, engineering, scientific, economic, agricultural, educational, social, political, military or cultural annals of the city, region, state or nation.

Some prominent examples found in California include Hearst Castle, the Golden Gate Bridge, Luther Burbank’s home, the Santa Barbara Presidio and the towers of Simon Rodia. In San Luis Obispo, we are fortunate to have several historical resources including the Karl Kundert Medical Building, the Mission, the Stenner Creek railroad trestle, the Dallidet Adobe and the Octagon barn, to name just a few.

The Cultural Heritage Committee, a group of seven citizens who advise the City Council on cultural resource preservation, developed guidelines, and they are a part of the city’s environmental guidelines. Private citizens, property owners, developers, design professionals, staff, the Cultural Heritage Committee and decision makers will use these guidelines as a resource for determining whether or not a property is a historical resource and for determining whether their undertaking is subject to the city’s regulations governing historical resources.

Heritage Shared is a chartered, 501(c) 3 non-profit organization dedicated to inclusive, participatory community history.

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HS Publications
Historical Resources
Pedaling the Past
Perspectives 20082006, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999

Virtual Tours
Historic By-Ways
Living On The Land

Essays, Papers, & Poetry
Anvils: An Appreciation
Aunt Susan Meets the Rampant Suffragist of Crown Hill; Or, How Outside Agitators and Uppity Locals Conspired to Win SLO Women the Vote in 1896
Between Granite Rock and a Hard Place
Cambria Men Just Said No, But Women Won the Vote Anyway
The Dana Adobe - From Decline to Preservation and Restoration
Excavations at the Dana Jabonería
A Family Affair: Mothers, Daughters, and Prostitution in Early San Luis Obispo
The Gallagher Collection
Historic Preservation and California State Parks
An Historical and Geographical Overview of the Pacific Coast Highway
History in the SLO Lane: An Overview of California’s Central Coast
The History of Harmony
A Matter of Justice
Mission Plaza San Luis Obispo, 1772 - 1979 (pdf file)
The Murder of Gon Ying Luis (Mrs. Ah Luis)
Pacific Coast Harbors
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and the California Redwood Park
Poems of Carrizo Plains
Poetry of Evelyn Cole - Morro Bay in August and Beauty
Postcards from the Past
Roadside Memorials
— San Simeon Creek Pioneers in Their Own Voices
Southland Mountain Cycle - Chaparral
The Spooners of Montana de Oro Considered as Objects of Natural History
Studies in Central Coast History - Road Scholars
Sycamore Pier at Point Magu State Park
Think About the Box
Thornton State Park Beach - Haiku
What Is Public History?

Hey! Look at That!
A Brief History of the Morro Bay Power Plant
Barns are Noble
Going Postal
Jack House & Gardens Brochure
Mattei's Tavern (pdf file)
Octagon Barn Restoration
Pocket Protectors
Random Images Photo Gallery
The Salinas River Parker Truss Bridge
San Luis Obispo's Neon Lights
Shandon Chapel
Signs Seen Around SLO County
Swap Meets

Our Notable Past
Agricultural History
Chinese San Luis Obispo
Heritage Home Tour
San Simeon Point