Casa de Rancho San Antonio (Henry Gage Mansion)

The Lugo ranch went at a dollar an acre, and the last adobe left the family as a wedding gift when Henry Gage, a lawyer from Michigan, married Antonio María Lugo's great-granddaughter in 1880. Gage was elected governor in 1898 and spent his term denying that bubonic plague had reached San Francisco, defending commerce and attacking the federal officer who proved it. His own party dropped him for a physician, who ended the outbreak in 1904. It killed 119 people, most of them in Chinatown.

What the plaque says

Built 1810 for Antonio Maria Lugo, restored 1883 by Henry Tift Gage, Governor - State of California - 1898-1902. Dedicated March 31, 1946 by Native Sons & Daughters of the Golden West, Rio Hondo Parlor No. 284, Los Angeles Parlor No. 45. Contained within this building are the remaining portions of an adobe house built by Francisco Salvador Lugo and his son Antonio Maria Lugo. Francisco Lugo was a prominent early landholder and Antonio served as the Alcalde of Los Angeles. They completed the building by 1810. Henry Tifft Gage acquired the property in 1880 and lived here from 1883 until 1924. Gage served as the Governor of California from 1899 to 1903. California Registered Historical Landmark No. 984 Plaque placed by the State Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation with City of Bell Gardens Cultural Heritage Board, November 25, 1990.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Mission San Gabriel Arcangel — 8.8 mi
  The fourth Alta California mission, built on Tongva land with Tongva labor, rebuilt after arson and now telling that story straight.
• Colorado Street Bridge — 12 mi
  Beaux-Arts concrete arches curving 150 feet above the Arroyo Seco, opened in 1913 and later a link in Route 66.
• Santa Monica Pier — 21 mi
  Where the Mother Road runs out of continent, and where the End of the Trail sign gives the drive somewhere to finish.

More markers nearby

• Rio San Gabriel Battlefield — 1.9 mi
• Casa de Governor Pío Pico — 4.0 mi
• Reform School for Juvenile Offenders (Fred C. Nelles School) — 4.9 mi
• Paradox Hybrid Walnut Tree — 5.1 mi