Stow House

The Stow House is a historical landmark in , , United States. Formerly the headquarters of Rancho La Patera, the Stow House, in the Carpenter Gothic style, is now the headquarters of Goleta Historical Society which preserves and interprets the history of the Goleta Valley.
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Wikipedia
  • Email: info@goletahistory.org
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: place in California listed on National Register of Historic Places
  • Address: 304 North Los Carneros Road, Goleta, CA 93117

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Goleta Depot and Goleta Railroad Museum.

Railway station
Photo: Gcoombs, CC BY 2.5.
is a train station building in , constructed by the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1901, as part of the completion of the Coast Route linking and . is situated 330 feet southwest of Stow House.

Museum
Photo: Gcoombs, CC BY 2.5.
The South Coast Railroad Museum in is a showplace for the , a preserved 1901 Southern Pacific Railroad train station. The museum also features the Goleta Short Line, a 7+1⁄2 in gauge miniature railroad, a Southern Pacific bay-window caboose, and a model train layout room, set in a panorama of the cities of Goleta and , in the early 1940’s. is situated 370 feet southwest of Stow House.

Railway station
Photo: Dreamyshade, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a passenger rail station in the city of . It is served by the Amtrak Pacific Surfliner; it is the northern terminal for three of those round trips. is situated 3,200 feet southeast of Stow House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Goleta and Isla Vista.

Photo: Damian Gadal, CC BY 2.0.
is a city a few miles west of and part of the contiguous urban area of Santa Barbara, within , . This article also covers the unincorporated community of Isla Vista, which is home to the University of California at Santa Barbara.

Town
Goleta is a city a few miles west of and part of the contiguous urban area of Santa Barbara, within , . This article also covers the unincorporated community of , which is home to the University of California at Santa Barbara. is situated 2 miles south of Stow House.

Hamlet
Photo: Antandrus, Public domain.
is an unincorporated coastal suburb of , located in Santa Barbara County. It is bounded on the east by , on the north and west by the unincorporated area of the eastern Goleta Valley, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean. is situated 5 miles east of Stow House.

Stow House

Latitude
34.44304° or 34° 26′ 35″ north
Longitude
-119.85175° or 119° 51′ 6″ west
Operator
Goleta Valley Historical Society
Named after
William W. Stow
Open location code
8562C4VX+67
Open­Street­Map ID
way 312651715
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­house
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­house
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q7620663
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