Site of Stone and Kelsey Home
| Site of First Adobe Home in Lake County | |
|---|---|
  Location of Site of First Adobe Home in Lake County in California  Site of Stone and Kelsey Home (the United States) | |
| Location | Main Street & Bell Hill Road, Kelseyville, California |
| Coordinates | 38°58′41″N 122°50′35″W / 38.978°N 122.843°W |
| Built | 1849 |
| Designated | March 18, 1949 |
| Reference no. | 426 |
Site of First Adobe Home, Lake County is a historical landmark in Kelseyville, in Lake County, California. The house was built by Charles Stone and Andy Kelsey in 1849. Californios Salvador Vallejo (1813–1876), General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo younger brother, sold the land to Charles Stone and Andy Kelsey. Charles Stone used forced Pomo tribe Native Americans labor to build their adobe house. The building was the first adobe house in Lake County. The Indians killed both Stone and Kelsey in the fall of 1849, due to the resentment of forced labor and other cruel acts. Pomo tribesmen were also forced to labor in the nearby gold mines, including Kelsey Diggings. In May 1850, the U.S. Cavalry killed hundreds of Pomo Indians on a Clear Lake island further north in the Bloody Island Massacre as retaliation.
The site of the house is a California Historical Landmark No. 426. Charles Stone and Andrew Kelsey's remains are buried under the Historical marker.[1][2]
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- ^ "Site of First Adobe Home, Lake County Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org.
- ^ "Stone And Kelsey Home #426". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved 2012-10-07.