A Photography Project
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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One of the oldest standing buildings in Orange County, the Diego Sepulveda Adobe built around 1820, encompasses nearly 200 years of Costa Mesa history in Estancia Park, overlooking the Santa Ana River bed.
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The Butterfield Overland Mail stagecoach service operated from 1858 to 1861 when disrupted by the Civil War. The Oak Grove Stage Station, near Warner Springs, is one of the few, if not the only station still standing on the entire route.
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The adobe home of the last governor of Mexican California, Don Pio Pico, stands on the grounds of Pio Pico State Historic Park in Whittier. The five acre park was once part of Pico’s 9,000 acre ranch, Rancho Paso de Bartolo.
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The Miguel Yorba Adobe in San Juan Capistrano, built circa 1797, and a courthouse with a jail in the basement built to its south around 1812 were connected in 1910 and built into El Adobe de Capistrano restaurant which opened in 1948.
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