Madrona Manor

Madrona Manor is a Victorian-era Wine Country bed and breakfast inn in Healdsburg, California, United States, featuring a Michelin-starred restaurant.HistoryIn 1879, John Alexander Paxton, a wealthy San Franciscan, bought 260acre of land in the Dry Creek Valley area for $10,500. He named this property, just west of Healdsburg, "Madrona Knoll Rancho" as the word "Madrona" is the local term for an Arbutus species, notably the distinctive small tree Arbutus menziesii. In 1880–1881, he built a 17-room, three-story gabled mansion on the property, to which he commuted on weekends from his work in the city.Paxton died in 1888, leaving 1/4 of his estate to his sister-in-law Mary McClellan, 9/16 to his wife, Hannah McClellan Paxton, and 3/16 to his second son, Charles. He disinherited his eldest son, Blitz, due to disappointment. After Hannah died in 1902, the estate was neglected. Charles died in 1910, leaving Blitz to administer the property. He subdivided the land, and sold 218.32acres along with the buildings to D. H. Botchford in 1918 for $17,500.In 1981, the property (then down to eight acres) was turned from a family residence into a country inn by new owner John Harry Muir. The Manor was added to the National Register of Historic Places on 2 April 1987.

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