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Mendocino Home For Sale
Manchester, CA95459

$1,295,000

Single Family Residential
MLS#: 21218485

3 beds3 full baths3100 sqft

Lot: 112.00acres

Mendocino Home For Sale | 16161 South Highway One

This Mendocino Home with blue water views of Point Arena Lighthouse and Irish Beach is located on 112 acres of Forest in Mendocino CA. The home has blue water views from most rooms and is built around a courtyard with most rooms facing the courtyard also. The cozy living room features a great library and a huge stone fireplace. The kitchen has been updated with SS appliances. The courtyard is allows outdoor living on the chilliest days. The 112 acres has a timber harvest plan in place for income. Miles of hiking trails developed. Access to private Irish Beach, five minutes away is included

About the Neighborhood

Mendocino, Gualala, Point Arena

Irish Beach and Manchester

 

 

 

Manchester in Mendocino County is located just a couple of hours north of the San Francisco Bay Area and west of Sacramento on the majestic North Coast of California. Mendocino County is extensive, comprising nearly 4,000 square miles of exceptionally beautiful and extremely varied terrain.

Come sit by the fire, savor a delicious Mendocino vintage, stare up into a mighty Redwood tree or watch migrating whales from the porch of one of our unique inns.  Mendocino County is just a couple hours north of San Francisco where you’ll feel so far away from it all.

Mendocino County features some of the most renowned scenic drives in the world. From north and south, the Pacific Coast Highway 1 runs all but a few miles of the length of the County’s coastline, connecting us to San Francisco and beyond.  Inland, U.S. Highway 101, also called the Redwood Highway, is a beautiful, historic journey through the lush vineyards of Sonoma and Mendocino County to Hopland, Ukiah and Willits.

Mendocino County is located just a couple of hours north of the San Francisco Bay Area and west of Sacramento on the majestic North Coast of California. The County is extensive, comprising nearly 4,000 square miles of exceptionally beautiful and extremely varied terrain.

Come sit by the fire, savor a delicious Mendocino vintage, stare up into a mighty Redwood tree or watch migrating whales from the porch of one of our unique inns.  Mendocino County is just a couple hours north of San Francisco where you’ll feel so far away from it all.

Irish Beach

Irish Beach is a small residential community located at one end of Manchester Beach in the South Coast region of Mendocino County. It was originally a sheep ranch but was purchased in 1960 by an entrepreneur who hoped to turn it into a community of 2nd homes for those looking for a weekend escape from the city.

Today, many who came here for a short respite are now full-time residents in this development of 160 homes. Some homes remain weekend retreats while others are vacation rentals. Six miles of sand provide homeowners and rentals with access to a very private beach.

There is public access to Irish Beach but the jaunt is quite lengthy and vigorous. Irish Beach is a terrific location for bird-watching and visitors will spot several species of rather uncommon sea birds on their jog down the sandy expanse.

Manchester State Beach

This is an area of rich grazing lands flocks of sheep and herds of cattle which add a pastoral note to some of the most spectacular coastal scenery in the world. The works of man are definitely secondary to pounding surf, screeching gulls, and grazing animals that dominate the scene.

A county road a mile north of Manchester leads to Manchester State Beach. This unit of the State Park System consists of 760 acres of beach, sand dunes, and flat grasslands, with nearly 18,000 feet of ocean frontage. The beach line curves gently to form a "catch basin" for sea debris, which accounts for the volume of driftwood found here.

Most of the campground at Manchester State Park is separated from the beach by the sand dunes, which offer some protection from the winds. There are 18+ campsites, each with table and fire ring. Piped drinking water and pit toilets are available nearby. The day-use area is on the beach, with a few fire rings and pit toilets for visitor use. The parking area will accommodate approximately 50 vehicles. Ten environmental camps are available; a 1.1 mile walk in. No water is available.

The weather at Manchester State Park is typical of the entire north coast. Temperatures seldom rise above 72 nor dip below 50. Rainfall is heavy from September to May, and morning and evening fog is common during the summer months. Strong winds prevail year-round.

Point Arena

s.The city itself is built around a small natural inland harbor, and is located about a mile and a half (1.5 km) south of the actual Point Arena, a narrow peninsula jutting around 1/3 mile (800 m) into the Pacific Ocean. This is the location of the Point Arena Lighthouse, at 115 feet (34.5m) the tallest lighthouse on the West coast of the United States. The lighthouse is also the closest location on the mainland (excluding Alaska) to Honolulu, Hawaii at a distance of 2,045 nautical miles (2,353 statute miles) or 3,787 kilometer

The city has two high schools: Point Arena Union High and the Pacific Community Charter High School. Students are allowed to cross-enroll and take courses at both schools, granting Point Arena students a broad curriculum to choose from. Although due to limited teaching staff many of the top students are left without options. The choice of the charter school has helped to keep in Point Arena many students who formerly commuted to Mendocino to attend its high school. Several feeder schools bring students through grammar school before sending them to Point Arena High School or the Charter School, meaning that the schools draw from a large pool of students in southern Mendocino County.

A variety of fauna and flora occur in the Point Arena area. The location is also sometimes a range demarcation for occurrence of some species. For example, the Pacific Giant Salamander occurs at Point Arena and at points south, but not at all to the north.

Point Arena Mountain Beaver

16161 South Highway One is adjacent to Irish Creek. Irish Creek is home to the legendary Point Arena Mountain Beaver. The Point Arena area is home to an endangered species of rodent known as the Point Arena Mountain Beaver (Aplodontia rufa nigra). According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the habitat for this sub-species of Mountain Beaver lies only within a 24 sq mi (62 km2) area around Point Arena. The biggest threat to the PAMB is loss of habitat, and it was officially listed as an endangered species on December 12, 1991. Much local folklore revolves around this mysterious creature.

 

Gualala

There are several different versions of where the name Gualala came from. The Pomo indians who lived in the area gave the Gualala River a name that meant "water coming down place." The town took its name from the river. The word the Pomos used was very similar to the present day pronunciation of Gualala. People from many different parts of the world came to this area to work and live. They each gave the name their own variation of spelling and pronunciation.

General Rafael Gracie was given a land grant extending from the Gualala river north to Mal Paso creek. This land grant was for about 62.5 square miles. He used the land for grazing cattle & later sold the land for $10,000. This was probably a smart move because his grant was eventually deemed invalid by the courts. Even before the final court decision homesteaders began moving to the area. Most of them were farmers. In about 1861, a man named Cyrus Robinson & his wife Elizabeth filed a homestead for all of the area which is now Gualala. They built and owned a hotel, a saloon and a ferry in Gualala. They also supervised the Post Office (which was also the stage stop), the Wells Fargo Express and the Western Union. Within a year they sold part of their land to the men who would build the first lumber mill in Gualala. This mill was located at the mouth of Mill Gulch, now known as China Gulch. About 1871, the Mill Company started a company store. This store (which was still operating) and the warehouse, water tower and stairs down to the river burned to the ground in the mid 1960's.

Whenever the Robinson's sold land in Gualala they put a stipulation in the contract that the new owner agree not to permit any hotel or bar on the land. From the 1860's on, tourists have been coming to Gualala. They came to hunt, to get away from the crowded cities and relax, to enjoy an area where flowers are blooming all year, to fish for steelhead or salmon and to dive for abalone. In the late 1800;s Gualala was a major commercial hub for the entire area. People came from miles away to sell what they had produced and buy supplies. By 1895 there was a dancing school. the Gualala Municipal Brass Band and an Opera House in Gualala. Elizabeth Robinson died in 1902 and the Gualala House, their hotel, burned to the ground in 1903. The Gualala Hotel was then built a few blocks south of where the Gualala House had been. It cost $6,000 to build. The Gualala Hotel used to include a barn, a woodshed, a dairy and a huge garden. In 1907, Mark Pedotti and Antonio Ciapusci bought the Gualala Hotel property which included 636 acres. They also had bought the Tait ranch. They eventually divided the properties - Mark took the ranch and Antonio took Gualala. When Antonio died in 1932, the Hotel and the Gualala property was taken by his son George and wife, Ida. When the Gualala Hotel was sold in 1945 it was still using a diesel power plant to operate because there wasn't any electric power in Gualala until 1952.

There weren't any schools in the area until 1883. Until that time it was a common custom to send children to live with other families in larger areas to attend school.

The lumber mill in Gualala burned to the ground on September 14, 1906. Less than 2 months later Cyrus Robinson died. In about 1865 Robinson's put in an apron chute at Robinson's Landing for getting cargo to & from the schooners, but he chose a bad location. Soon after another man named Morton Bourn started his own landing 2 1/2 miles north but in a much better protected location for the ships. Before long the mill purchased land from Morton Bourn for the purpose of extending their railroad from the Robinson's landing to Bourn's landing. The mill had to make 2 moorings - one for themselves and one for the Bourn's. The one for the Bourn's was used for commercial purposes.

In the early days it took 2 days to travel the 40 miles from Jenner to Gualala. By 1877 a railroad line had been built connecting Duncan's Mill to Sausalito. From Sausalito passengers could take a ferry to San Francisco. Because of this railroad, daily stage service was started between Mendocino & Fort Ross on the coast and between Fort Ross & Cazadero. From Cazadero passengers took a narrow-gauge railroad to Duncan's Mill. This meant that a passenger could travel from Gualala to San Francisco in one long day. In 1892 the first bridge was built across the Gualala river. At that time the ferry went out of business except for when high water or some other problem put the bridge out of commission temporarily. In 1906, the bridge fell down during the earthquake. The bridge was repaired and lasted until 1919 when it collapsed for the last time. It was replaced with a steel bridge which lasted for 40 years. In 1958 a new bridge was built across the Gualala river.

About 1920 Mendocino county started a new coastal road. The road construction that began about this time was because of the automobile. Clear into the 1940's there weren't many autos in this area. Highway 1 was still a dirt road with 18 gates that had to be opened and shut between Jenner and Gualala. Horses were still used extensively. The cars couldn't make it through the mud during the winter or the up the steep grades. By 1940 the state of California had taken over the coastal highway.

Redwood trees presented some new & interesting problems to the loggers. The trunk of a redwood is larger, tougher & less desirable near the ground than a little higher up. The obvious answer was to cut the tree higher up. This is why so many high stumps are found in this area. In the beginning they used scaffolds to raise the fallers up to where they avoided the problems with the base of the trunk. Next came the springboards which were wedged into the sides of the trunk and provided a place for the faller to stand. New tools were invented to work with the redwoods. People began arriving from all over the world to take jobs created by the logging industry. Lumber was in great demand at this time. After the trees were felled, preferably uphill or into the river so the soft redwood wouldn't split, a bucker cut off the limbs and cut the trunk into lengths for the mill. Then a peeler went to work getting the bark off of the logs. The loggers planned their work with the seasons so that the sap would be running in the trees at the time they were cut. This made the peeler's job much easier. Taking the bark off in the woods made it much easier to pull the tree along the wood lined skid road to the mill. There was also a sniper who rounded one end of the log so it wouldn't dig in as it was pulled. In the early days the logs were pulled by teams of oxen. Several logs were chained together with a hollowed out log at the end to haul equipment & supplied back & forth. A water-slinger ran ahead of the oxen. His job was to keep the wooden skids wet so the logs would slide over them easier. Eventually the oxen were replaced by the donkey engine which could deliver logs to a landing and then either to the river to be floated downstream to the mill or onto railroad cars for transportation to the mill. The railroads were for delivering logs to the mill and lumber to the port for shipping. Logging camps sprang up all along the Gualala River and its tributaries. When a camp was ready to move to a new location they just took the buildings apart, moved the materials to the new location and reassembled them. The early loggers cut everything. All different sizes of trees could be used for something. The last lumber mill in Gualala closed in 1970. Trees are still harvested in the area, but they are trucked to other mills north of here.

Another very large enterprise that flourished for years on the coast was tanoak bark. This is because of the tannic acid used in tanning leather. Nobody had any interest in the wood, just the bark. This was a business that a small family could work at, but it was also big business. The peeler's job started in March or April and lasted until July, August or September. It all depended on the sap in the trees. The major players in this industry continued until about 1920, however some individuals continued until the 1950's.

 

 

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Mendocino Home For Sale

This Mendocino Home For Sale with blue water views of Point Arena Lighthouse and Irish Beach is located on 112 acres of forest in Mendocino CA. The home has blue water ocean views from most rooms and is built around a courtyard with most rooms facing the courtyard also. The cozy living room features a great library and a huge stone fireplace. The kitchen has been updated with SS appliances. The courtyard is allows outdoor living on the chilliest days.
The 112 acres has a timber harvest plan in place for income. Miles of hiking trails have been developed by the sellers. The entire property has been groomed but retains a riparian feel. The sellers of this property have a unique business plan. They buy properties like this; create an infrastructure with roadways, hiking trails, wells and water storage. They develop a sustainable harvest plan and then groom the property for about twenty years. The end result is a property with an excellent infrastructure but looks like it is in its natural state.
 

Irish Beach

Access to the gated and private Irish Beach is just five minutes away and is included. Irish Beach and the hamlet of Manchester where this property is located are 24 miles south of the town of Mendocino and 24 miles north of Gualala. The home is a mile and a half from coast highway one at 800 feet of elevation. The sellers claim that on many of those cold, foggy coastal days that they are above the fog line.

This home is a vacation rental and is on Vacation Rentals by Owner. Visit the VRBO site http://www.vrbo.com/196473 for more information on that.

 

 

 

 

Bob  Santucci, Realtor

EXP Realty
707-888-9115
License: CA BRE # 01722617
Listed by: Century 21 NorthBay Alliance

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