The Ortega-Vigare Adobe

The Ortega-Vigare Adobe is a California Historical Landmark in San Gabriel, Los Angeles County.

616 South Ramona Street, San Gabriel · location approximate

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Erected during mission days, 1792-1805, second oldest adobe in this region. Originally L shaped, it is now only half original size. In 1859, became property of Don Jean Vigare. In early 1860's became San Gabriel's first bakery and was separated from mission's lime orchard by high cactus wall.

1971 register text, presented as a historical document.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 ↗

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1880 · Los Angeles & San Bernardino topography. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1900 · Pasadena, California (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1926 · Auto Road Map of Los Angeles And Vicinity (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1927 · Pacific Electric Railway In Southern California (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
[Map of Los Angeles County, California] (Historical map archives, georeferenced via Allmaps)

Los Angeles & San Bernardino topography, 1880, covering the location of The Ortega-Vigare Adobe, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Los Angeles & San Bernardino topography, 1880, 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)

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