Old Adobe Woman's Club

Old Adobe Woman's Club is a California Historical Landmark in Santa Clara, Santa Clara County.

Kifer Road and De la Cruz Boulevard, Santa Clara · location approximate

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This adobe, among the oldest in Santa Clara Valley, was one of several continuous rows of homes built in 1792–1800 as dwellings for the Indian families of Mission Santa Clara. It links the Franciscan padres' labors with California of today.

1971 register text, presented as a historical document. It uses the period's terms for Native people; the state's landmark listings still carry most of this wording, and the California Office of Historic Preservation maintains the program's current texts.

Many of these plaques have since been recast or their texts revised. The California Historical Landmarks program and its current texts are maintained by the California Office of Historic Preservation. California Office of Historic Preservation ↗

Maps this old were drawn largely by eye, so places on them can sit miles from where they really are. The pin is ours and marks the marker's location today.

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Historical maps covering this location

1798 · The Coast of N.W. America. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1873 · Composite: Map Of The Region Adjacent To The Bay Of San Francisco. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1876 · Santa Clara Co. 5. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1876 · Santa Clara. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1876 · Santa Clara Co. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Composite: Map Of The Region Adjacent To The Bay Of San Francisco, 1873, covering the location of Old Adobe Woman's Club, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Composite: Map Of The Region Adjacent To The Bay Of San Francisco, 1873, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours and the location is approximate.

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Marker data: State of California, Department of Parks and Recreation, California Historical Landmarks (1971)

Old Adobe Woman's Club

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