San Luis Obispo: A History in Architecture

by Janet Penn Franks

Overview

San Luis Obispo was founded in 1772 as a mission in the foothills of the Santa Lucia Mountains on California's Central Coast. The city that grew from a rustic pueblo, with its scattering of adobe buildings, today has a wealth of architectural styles. From the simple barns of the outlying farm community, to the grand hotels and lively saloons kept busy by the Southern Pacific Railroad depot, and back full circle to the Mission Revival style edifices of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo's architecture has echoed its history. Motor travel brought the world's first motel to this half-way point on California's historic Highway 101, and the famously zany tourist attraction, the Madonna Inn.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780738529271
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	11/15/2004
Series:	Images of America Series
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	633,466
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.31(d)

About the Author

Author Janet Penn Franks, a historian and journalist who specializes in local historical features, narrates this visual tour of the town's architectural treasures and tells about the people who built and lived in them. She has published numerous articles and writes two monthly columns for the San Luis Obispo County Journal and Plus magazine.