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Manuel Dominguez began construction of the Dominguez Ranch Adobe in 1826. It is located on its original site, now in Compton, surrounded by 15 acres of extensive lawns, gardens, palms, and trees. It was opened as a museum In 1976.
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On Sept. 1, 1772, Fr. Junipero Serra celebrated Mass with a cross erected by San Luis Creek, founding Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa. The Church and Priest’s residence was built by 1794. The mission was thoroughly restored in the 1930s.
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The Governor of California, Manuel Micheltorena, granted 44,322 acres to Juan José Warner in 1844. From 1849 to 1861, the ranch was important as a stop for emigrant travelers and the Butterfield Overland Mail stagecoach line.
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The California Oil Museum in Santa Paula was established by the Union Oil Company in 1950 on the first floor of the building where the company itself had been established in the offices on the second floor in 1890.
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Father Antonio Cruzado and his associates finished construction of the present sanctuary of Mission San Gabriel Arcángel in 1805. Fire destroyed the roof of the sanctuary on July 11, 2020. The site reopens for public tours July 1, 2023.
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The Ennis House, made of over 27,000 interlocking concrete blocks, is perched on a 3-acre lot in the foothills of the Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles. It was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for Charles & Mabel Ennis in 1923, built in 1924.
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The Hill-Carrillo Adobe in Santa Barbara was built in 1826 by Daniel Hill for his bride Rafaela Luisa Ortega y Olivera, granddaughter of José Francisco Ortega, founder and first Comandante of the Royal Presidio of Santa Barbara.
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