Hugo Reid Adobe

Los Angeles County · Los Angeles State and County Arboretum · location approximate

Hugo Reid, a Scotsman, petitioned the government of Mexico to grant him Rancho Santa Anita. His claim was strengthened by his marriage to Victoria, a native Indian of the San Gabriel Mission. The grant was made on April 16, 1841. Reid immediately upon filing his petition took possession of the land, started to farm and plant vineyards, and built the first house, the Hugo Reid Adobe, in 1839. In 1875 E. J. Baldwin purchased the rancho and in 1879 built a wooden wing on the old adobe.

1971 register text, presented as a historical document.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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