Casa de Carrillo

San Diego County · Northwest corner Presidio Hills Golf Course, San Diego · location approximate

This restored house is but a remnant of the earliest and one of the largest of the great casas and was constructed about 1810 by Francisco María Ruiz. It became the home of Joaquin Carrillo and his family in the 1820's.

1971 register text, presented as a historical document.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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