WELCOME TO THE

NORTHERN SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY
HISTORICAL MUSEUMS AND SOCIETIES

1. Camp Roberts Military Museum
2. Mission San Miguel
3. Rios-Caledonia Adobe
4. Estrella Warbird Museum
5. Paso Robles Historical Society
6. Paso Robles Pioneer Museum
7. Cambria Historical Society
8. Templeton Historical Museum
9. Atascadero Historical Society
10. Santa Margarita Historical Society

Camp Roberts Historical Museum

Two large buildings of exhibits cover the history of Camp Roberts, from its construction in 1941 through recent mobilizations for Iraqi Freedom, and military vehicles from WWII to the present. Enter at the main gate off Highway 101 and have your diriver's license (or other identification), vehicle registration and proof of insurance .

Building 114, Camp Roberts, CA 93451
Phone/Fax: (805) 238-8288
Open Thurs. and Sat. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Mission San Miguel

Founded on July 25, 1797 by Father Fermin Lasuen, Presidente of the California Mission chain, and named for Saint Michael the Arcangel, it was the 16th mission founded in the 21-mission chain in Alta California. The mission suffered extensive earthquake damage in December 2003, forcing closure of the church. However, the gift shop and a small church area for masses are open and the mission can be viewed from the parking lot.

775 Mission Street, P.O. Box 69
San Miguel, CA 93451
Phone: (805) 467-2131 or 467-3256

Rios-Caledonia Adobe

The Rios-Caledonia Adobe, a century-old inn and stage stop on the old mission trail between San Francisco and San Diego, is located on grounds that once belonged to Mission San Miguel and is now part of the San Luis Obispo Parks Department. The "Friends of the Adobe" provides members the opportunity to support and keep in touch with history of the area. The Adobe is California Historical Landmark #936.

700 S. Mission Street, P.O. Box 326
San Miguel, CA 93451
Phone: (805) 467-3357
Open Fri. - Sun. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Estrella Warbird Musuem

The Estrella Warbird Museum name memorializes the WWII Estrella Army airfield that is now the Paso Robles Municipal Airport. Chartered in 1995, the museum is one of the few "fly-in or drive-in" facilities in the nation and contains an extensive collection of U.S. military aircraft from WWII through Desert Storm and Iraq as well as military vehicles, tanks, and memorabilia from WWII onward. Its primary goal is to preserve, perpetuate and display American aviation history, especially that of our men and women in our nation's military service. The museum is dedicated to those men and women who preserved freedom for all.

4251 Dry Creek Road
Paso Robles, CA 93446
Phone: (805) 227-0440
Open Thu., Fri. and Sun. noon to 4 p.m. and Sat. 10 to 4 p.m.

Paso Robles Pioneer Musuem

The Paso Robles PioneerMuseum is a wonderful collection of visual and written history. Included are artifacts from early Indian settlements, vintage farm and ranching equipment, a barbed-wire collection, antique vehicles, clothing, toys, a Paderewski (famous pianist) display and hundreds of items from pioneer homes and businesses. A one-room schoolhouse, built in 1886 and restored by museum volunteers, typical of the many that dotted the countryside in Northern San Luis Obispo County, is a real treat.

2010 Riverside Avenue
(South of the Mid-State Fairgrounds)
P.O. Box 461, Paso Robles, CA 93447
Phone: (805) 239-4556
Open Thurs. - Sun. 1 to 4 p.m.

Paso Robles Historical Society

The Paso Robles Historical Society is a nonprofit organization that seeks and encourages the development of archives and serves as a repository for records and other materials. The Paso Robles Historical Society has temporarily relocated on the Pioneer Museum grounds after the historic Carnegie Library in the downtown city park received extensive damage from a major earthquake in 2003.

2010 Riverside Avenue
(On the Pioneer Museum grounds)
P.O. Box 2875, Paso Robles, CA 93447
Phone: (805) 238-4996
Open Thurs. - Sun. 1 to 4 p.m.

Templeton Historical Museum Society

309 Main Street, P.O. Box 788
Templeton, CA 93465
Phone: (805) 434-0807
Open Fri. - Sun. 1 to 4 p.m.

Atascadero Historical Society

Chartered in 1965, the society maintained a museum for over 30 years in the Atascadero City Administration Building's lower rotunda until the 2003 earthquake forced its closure. Since the earthquake, the society has kept its 1919 Colony House open. The house, restored and surrounded by a unique demonstration garden and the Hattie Prather Rose Garden, is located off East Mall next to the parking lot of the historic city hall.

6600 Lewis Avenue, P.O. Box 1047
Atascadero, CA 93423
Phone: (805) 466-8341
Open Wed. 1 to 4 p.m.

Cambria Historical Society

The Guthrie-Bianchini House is one of the oldest houses in Cambria. After being empty for thirty years, the house was purchased by The Cambria Historical Society in 2001. When it is restored to its former glory, it will house the Cambria Historical Museum. This picture, taken in 2004, shows the house after it was lifted up about eight feet so a new foundation could be built under it.

Burton Drive and Center Street, P.O. Box 906
Cambria, CA 93428
Phone: (805) 927-2891
Open in late 2007

Santa Margarita Historical Society

The vision of the Santa Margarita Historical Society is to make our local history available on-line with hardcopy held at our public library located on the corner of I & Murphy Streets in Santa Margarita. Plans call for restoration of the small county jail building and documenting a number of the community's historic buildings, both those that are still standing and those that have disappeared over the decades. The Society is recording the stories of "old timers" to help ensure that the history of the town, which grew out of the Mexican Land Grant Rancho Santa Margarita, is not lost.

I and Murphy Streets, P.O. Box 165
Santa Margarita, CA 93453