Historical Marker · No. 60
Casa de Lopez
San Diego, San Diego County · California
Erected by California State Park Commission
On the morning of July 29, 1846 Prudencia Lopez was drawing water from the river bed when she saw Fremont's volunteers coming up the road. She ran back through the streets shouting that a million Americans were on their way. Her grandfather Juan Francisco Lopez had built the long house behind her around 1835, and it was long enough to hold most of what the pueblo needed: rooms for the governor's secretary, a chapel for Father Ubach, and the town's first school.
What the plaque says
Casa de Lopez Built by Juan Francisco Lopez, one of San Diego's early Spanish settlers, the Casa Larga, or Long House, was among the first substantial houses built in the pueblo of San Diego, about 1835. In 1846 it was the home of Juan Matias Moreno, secretary to Pio Pico, California's last Mexican governor. Historical Landmark No. 60 Plaque erected by California State Park Commission
Where it stands
32.75193, -117.19698 · Directions
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