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The 13-room adobe was built in a T-shape with a courtyard. The living room and master bedroom were located at the stem of the T, and the adobe also had four more bedrooms, a dining room, kitchen, storeroom, tienda (or store), and storage chambers. [2] [4] The kitchen was located at the north end of the T, close to the outdoor oven (or "horno"). [5]
The Casa de Estudillo, also known as the Estudillo House, is a historic adobe house in San Diego, California, United States.It was constructed in 1827 by José María Estudillo and his son José Antonio Estudillo, early settlers of San Diego and members of the prominent Estudillo family of California, and was considered one of the finest houses in Mexican California. [5]
Site of First Adobe Home, Lake County is a historical landmark in Kelseyville, in Lake County, California. In 1847, Californio Salvador Vallejo , General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo 's younger brother, sold his livestock and grazing rights in the Clear Lake area to Andrew and Benjamin Kelsey , Charles Stone and E.D. Shirland.
The Adobe was designed to function both as a headquarters of a working ranch and as a defensive structure against attack by the Russians then living on the California coast or by the borderland's native tribes. It consisted of two, two-story buildings surrounding an open courtyard of roughly 200 ft × 145 ft (61 m × 44 m).
Book of rambler and ranch-type homes: designs and floor plans for 31 practical homes, 3rd ed. Home Plan Book Co., 1953. 92 low cost ranch homes, by Richard B. Pollman, Home Planners, Inc., 1955. Ranch homes for today, by Alwin Cassens, Jr., Archway Press, 1956. New modern ranch homes for town or country living, National Plan Service, 1956.
Bungalow courts also integrated their courtyards with the homes, providing green space to homeowners. [1] Bungalow courts were generally marketed at people who wanted the amenities of a single-family home without its high cost. While each family in a bungalow court had its own house and garden, upkeep and land were shared among the residents. [2]
Even though many of the adobe structures were ultimately replaced with ones of piedra or brick, adobe was still employed extensively and was the principal material used in building the missions as there was an almost universal lack of readily-available stone. The adobes were laid in courses and cemented together with wet clay.
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.