To log this cache, you'll need to do some research and answer some questions. Then you'll be able to figure out the coordinates of the cache. You will need to search either the site or the internet for the years ABCD & EFGH below.
After a 14-year, $22 million restoration and rehabilitation, the Mansion is now open to the public as a museum. It also serves the citizens of California as the state’s official reception center for leaders from around the world.
The Leland Stanford Mansion is a stunning example of the splendor and elegance of the Victorian era in California. On your tour of the 19,000-square-foot Mansion you will see:
• Soaring 17-foot ceilings
• Gilded mirrors and exquisitely detailed carved moldings
• Beautifully restored woodwork
• Elegant 19th century crystal and bronze light fixtures
• Historic paintings
• Recreated carpeting and draperies based on photographs from the 1870s to match the original interior design
• Original period furnishings that belonged to the Stanfords
• 19th-Century style gardens
Originally built in ABCD by Gold Rush merchant Sheldon Fogus, the Mansion was later purchased and remodeled (twice!) by Leland and Jane Stanford. Leland Stanford served as Governor of California from 1862-1863. The Mansion served as the office of three governors during the turbulent 1860’s - Leland Stanford, Fredrick Low and Henry Haight. As a pro-Union Civil War governor and president of the Central Pacific Railroad, Leland Stanford negotiated political and business deals at the Mansion that helped complete the transcontinental railroad.
Jane Lathrop Stanford gave birth to their only child, Leland, Jr., here on May 14, EFGH. The couple's new wealth enabled them to expand the mansion in 1872, creating the architectural legacy you can see today.
In 1900, Jane Stanford gave the mansion to the Catholic Diocese of Sacramento, with an endowment of $75,000 in railroad bonds, for the "nurture, care and maintenance of homeless children."
The Sisters of Mercy, and later the Sisters of Social Service, adapted the aging building to their needs. As decades passed, the old neighborhood gave way to state office buildings, and the cost of upkeep grew. In 1987, the Stanford Home for Children moved to new facilities in north Sacramento.
In 1978, the State of California purchased the property for use as a state park. The imposing structure was listed as a National Historic Landmark in May 1987.
(info courtesy Leland Stanford Mansion SHP website)
--- The coordinates of the cache are:
N38 34.IJK W121 29.MNO
Take the year that the Mansion was originally built by Sheldon Fogus (ABCD) and add 3964 to it. This will give you the North coordinate: ABCD+3964=IJKL
Take the year Jane Lathrop Stanford gave birth to their only child (EFGH) and add 6672 to it. This is the West decimal coordinate: EFGH+6672=MNOP
Just drop the L and P digits.
Note that the trees and tall buildings wreak havoc with the coordinates.
Accessible from the sidewalk.
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