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The adobe was built by José Serrano in 1863, on the 10,688-acre (4,325 ha) Rancho Canada de los Alisos granted by Governor Juan B. Alvarado in 1842 and Governor Pio Pico in 1846. It is the second of five adobe structures built by the Serranos on the rancho.
Agustín Víctor Casasola (1874–1938) and his brother Miguel (1876–1951) were pioneers of photo reportage. From their photos of the Mexican Revolution, where they sold the prints but retained the negatives, the archive was begun by Agustín Victor and carried forward by his children Gustavo (1900–1982), Agustín (1901–1980),Ismael (1902–1964), Dolores (1907–2001), Piedad (1909 ...
Los Cerritos Ranch House, also known as Rancho Los Cerritos or Casa de los Cerritos, in Long Beach, California, was "the largest and most impressive adobe residence erected in southern California during the Mexican period". [3] Los Cerritos means "the little hills" in English. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1970.
The Blackwell School, originally constructed in 1909, was a segregated elementary and junior high school for Latino students in Marfa, Texas. After passage of the Blackwell School National ...
The San Jose de Gracia Church, also known as Church of Santo Tomas Del Rio de Las Trampas, is a historic church on the main plaza of Las Trampas, New Mexico.Built between 1760 and 1776, it is one of the least-altered examples of a Spanish Colonial Pueblo mission church, with adobe walls rising 34 feet (10 m) in height.
Mata Ortiz is located the Mexican state of Chihuahua about 4.5 hours south and west of El Paso, Texas, United States. [1] It is a small town with adobe dwellings at the foothills of the Sierra Madre Occidental, along the banks of the Palanganas River.
Most painful of all was the loss of her family photos, including those of her late son, Tommy, who died at 12 years old. The precious photographs of him had been a cherished memory.
The Dominguez Rancho Adobe is California Historical Landmark Number 152, [1] and in 1976 was placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior. The adobe of Manuel Dominguez , on the Spanish land grant of Rancho San Pedro (re-validated under Mexican rule), was completed in 1826.