The Abraham Schell House is a

historic History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...

two-story house located in

Knights Ferry, California Knights Ferry is an unincorporated historic community in Stanislaus County, California, United States. Nestled in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, it is about east of Modesto on the Stanislaus River. The Willms' Ranch near the town, was one ...

. It was first built out of

sandstone Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains. Sandstones comprise about 20–25% of all sedimentary rocks. Most sandstone is composed of quartz or feldspar (both silicates ...

in 1856 for Abraham and Catherine Schell, owners of the

Rancho del Río Estanislao Rancho del Río Estanislao (also called Ranchería Del Rio Estanislao) was a Mexican land grant in present-day Stanislaus County and Calaveras County, California given in 1843 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to Francisco Rico and José Castro. ...

.Gooch, Kathleen. ''Site Seeing in Stanislaus: A Tour of Historic Sites in the County'', #17 The Abraham Schell House. Modesto: Press and Publications Board McHenry Museum & Historical Society, 2003. Print.

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