Nash-Patton Adobe
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| Nash-Patton Adobe | |
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| Location | Sonoma, Sonoma County |
| Official name | Nash Adobe[1] |
| Designated | November 5, 1958 |
| Reference no. | 667 |
The Nash-Patton Adobe (also called the Nash Adobe) is a historic house located in Sonoma, California in the United States. The home is listed as a California Historical Landmark.
The house was in built in 1847 by Henry A. Green. The property was owned by John H. Nash.[2] That same year, in July, William T. Sherman arrested John H. Nash at the house. Nash was the magistrate of Sonoma during the Bear Flag Revolt,[2] and he refused to step down to allow Lilburn W. Boggs to take over.[3] Sherman took Nash to Monterey to face military governor Colonel Richard B. Mason. After Mason explained the military governor's absolute authority to appoint and remove an alcalde until California achieved its own civilian government. Nash gave up his defiance of Mason's appointment and returned peacefully to Sonoma.
By 1848, the Lewis and Nancy Patton Adler were living in the adobe. Nancy Adler was a survivor of the Donner Party.[3] By 1866, a butcher lived in the house. The attic was used for curing meats.[2] It was restored by Nancy Adler's great-granddaughter, Zolita Bates, in 1931.[4]