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Many of our California adobes have been restored and are now museums like the beautiful Andres Pico Adobe in Mission Hills.
Some adobes are privately owned and may be viewed from the outside. Their addresses have been included for historical completeness but please do not disturb the occupants.
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Adobes - Historic - Camulos
Camulos Adobe Est. 1853 National Register more photos... California State Historic Landmark 553
5164 East Telegraph Road, Camulos, CA Map 805 521-1501
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Adobes - Historic - Oak Canyon
Lechler Adobe (Honey House) Est. 1876 Located somewhere near Oak Canyon Road and Lechler Canyon Road, just southeast of Lake Piru. Built in 1876 by George Washington Lechler as a honey extract house. It is a two-story adobe built on the side of a mountain upon several acres of land that used to be part of the Rancho Temescal. Lechler's son, William Wallace Lechler, converted the honey house into a honeymoon cottage upon his marriage. It may be accessed by Hasley Canyon or Piru Canyon Roads. The adobe is still owned by the Lechler family and is a private residence - not open to the public. John R. Kielbasa
Second Lechler Adobe Est. 1881 Located somewhere near Oak Canyon Road and Lechler Canyon Road, just southeast of Lake Piru. It is located in an oak grove about 100 yards from the Lechler's Honey House Adobe. The adobe was built with rammed earth walls in 1881 by the Lechlers when their honey house proved to be too small for their growing family. This adobe is still in the ownership of the Lechler family and is still in use as a private residence - not open to the public. John R. Kielbasa
Adobes - Historic - Ojai
Lopez Adobe Est. abt 1830 On McCaleb Ranch, on the west side of Highway 33 about 2 ½ miles northwest of Ojai. Rafael Lopez built the adobe around 1830 on the Lower Ojai Rancho. Lopez was a soldier stationed at the Santa Barbara Presidio. The adobe was often referred to as the "Barracks" as men were stationed here to protect the remote Lower Ojai Valley from marauding Tulare Indians and to establish a military presence among the Matilija Chumash Indians. The house remained in the Lopez family until 1925, when it was sold to Herbert and Louise McCaleb. It is the oldest continually inhabited adobe in the county. It is a private residence. John R. Kielbasa
Adobes - Historic - Oxnard
Sanchez Adobe Est. 1838 Just east of El Rio, it is on the east side of Los Angeles Avenue (Highway 118) at the end of Rose Avenue. The adobe is far back in the midst of tall eucalyptus trees, dotted with decade-old palms and pines, at the foot of the western end of South Mountain. It was built in 1838 by Juan Maria Sanchez, who was the grantee of the 13, 989 acre Rancho Santa Clara del Norte in 1837. The rancho property ran approximately from the Santa Clara River south to the northern edge of present day Camarillo, and from the present day 101 Freeway east to South Mountain. Rose Avenue, which was called Ditch Road until 1963, used to have eucalyptus trees on both sides of the roadway and originally led up to the Sanchez Adobe. In 1900, a second story was added to the original structure. This adobe is a private residence owned by the Lloyd-Butler Estate, home of James and Cynthia Lloyd-Butler. F.D. Redding
Adobes - Historic - Piru
Spanish Colonial Revial Est. 1920 National Register more photos... California State Historic Landmark 553
P.O. Box 369, Piru, CA 93040 Map 805 521-1501
Adobes - Historic - Saticoy
Edwards Adobe Est. 1860 This two story was built in 1860 by D.W. Hobson as a rancho house for Thomas W. More on the Rancho Sespe. More was murdered by squatters during a land feud in 1877. The adobe was purchased by Sam Edwards. The Edwards family still owns the place. The adobe walls are now covered with whitewashed redwood clapboard siding. Also called the Old Orchard Place, the adobe is a private residence and not open to the public. John R. Kielbasa
Adobes - Historic - Simi Valley
Rancho Simi Adobe Est. 1795 Museum Tours National Register more photos... California State Historic Landmark 979
137 Strathearn Place, Simi Valley, CA 93065 Map 805 526-6453
Adobes - Historic - Unknown
Reyes Adobe Est. 1840s On the south side of Lockwood Valley Road east of Highway 33. This is in Ventura County's backcountry in the Los Padres National Forest and situated north of Reyes Peak. Built in the 1840s it is now a private residence. John R. Kielbasa
Adobes - Historic - Ventura
Mission San Buenaventura Est. 1782 California State Historic Landmark 310
211 East Main Street, Ventura, CA 93001 Map 805 648-4496
Olivas Adobe Est. 1847 Tours National Register California State Historic Landmark 115
4200 Olivas Park Drive, Ventura, CA 93003 Map 805 644-4346
The Ortega Adobe Est. 1857 Tours
215 W. Main Street, Ventura, CA 93001 Map 805 658-4726
Santa Ana Rancho Adobe (or Jose Arnaz Adobe) Est. 1850s This adobe is about 9 miles north of the City of Ventura, just east of Highway 33 on Old Creek Road. Built in the late 1850s by Don Jose Arnaz, who was the grantee of Rancho Santa Ana. Lucille Ball stated her former husband Desi Arnaz was a descendant of Don Jose Arnaz. The two story adobe was used as a stagecoach stop and was called the Halfway House. It is now a private residence. John R. Kielbasa
Further Reading
Adobe Days by Sarah Bixby Smith ISBN 0-8032-9178-7 Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide by David Gebhard ASIN: 087905087X California 1850: A Snapshot in Time by Janice Marschner ISBN: 0967706947 Casas & Courtyards: Historic Adobe Houses of California by Helen S. Giffen Historic Adobes of Los Angeles County by John R. Kielbasa ISBN: 0-8059-4172-X Historic Spots in California by Mildred Brooke Hoover ISBN: 0804717346 Los Angeles County Historical Directory by Janet I. Atkinson Mailbu, A Nature Story by Vance Joseph Hoyt The Rancho San Pedro by Robert C. Gillingham Sixty Years in Southern California 1853-1913 by Harris Newmark
Many thanks to my 4th grade teacher Mrs. Mary Yates for giving me an appreciation of early California history.
Recommended Links
California Mission Studies Association Haciendas in Los Angeles by Dan A. Joseffini
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