City Hall Tour Schedule

The Atascadero City Hall is open for tours Monday thru Friday, from 9am to 3:30pm. You may schedule a tour for any day and time. Please include the number of guests to helps us schedule the proper number of docents. There is an elevator available.

The tour is usually an hour in length. We discuss the creation of the Colony and it's creator, E.G. Lewis. We walk around the 4 floors of the building. Main floor: The beginning of Atascadero room, Earthquake room and the Main Rotunda. The 2nd Floor represents the buildings that were planned and the buildings that were built. 3rd Floor shows the main industries of the fledgling colony architectural details. 4th Floor, City Council Chambers and architectural details.

History of Atascadero

Atascadero can trace its beginning to a Mexican land grant when in 1845 Governor Pio Pico granted Pedro Estrada almost 40,000 acres of the Asuncion Rancho, a good portion of which eventually made up part of the smaller 23,000 acre Atascadero... Learn More

Join Us in Preserving the Unique History of Atascadero

Become a member of the Atascadero Historical Society...Click here to print a membership application.

The Colony House Museum

The Society owns an original 1919 Colony Home and maintains the Hattie Prather Rose Garden. When Atascadero was founded in 1913, and home construction began two years later, the Arts and Crafts movement was a fresh new design for homes in the United... Learn More