Covarrubias Adobe

Santa Barbara County · 715 Santa Barbara Street, Santa Barbara · location approximate

Built by Indian labor in 1817 for Don Domingo Carrillo, whose daughter married Don José María Covarrubias in 1838. Descendants of these families, many of them leaders in public affairs, occupied this house for over a century. Don José María was the first federal elector from California in 1852. John R. Southworth moved and rebuilt the "Historic Adobe" here in 1924 as part of a civic program of historic preservation. Los Adobes de los Rancheros acquired the property in 1938 as headquarters for Los Rancheros Visitadores and for the use and enjoyment of the people.

1971 register text, presented as a historical document.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 ↗

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

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