House on Whitehouse Creek on Rancho Punta de Ano Nuevo House on Whitehouse Creek on Rancho Punta de Ano Nuevo. The "White House" was built by Van Houten, a tenant of Isaac Graham's. The White House was such a prominent feature on the coast that mariners used it to reckon how far they were from San Francisco. It burned down in 1978. Source of information: Koch pp. 63-64 Clark p. 400
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House on Whitehouse Creek on Rancho Punta de Ano Nuevo. The "White House" was built by Van Houten, a tenant of Isaac Graham's. The White House was such a prominent feature on the coast that mariners used it to reckon how far they were from San Francisco. It burned down in 1978. Source of information: Koch pp. 63-64 Clark p. 400
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