Catalina Adobe

Teodoro Verdugo raised this adobe about 1828 for Catalina, his grandfather's blind daughter, on a corner of the Rancho San Rafael — 36,403 acres granted in 1784 that are now Glendale, Burbank, Eagle Rock and a piece of Pasadena. On January 11, 1847 Jesús Pico rode in as Frémont's emissary and argued his cousin Andrés into quitting the field. The Treaty of Cahuenga was signed two days later. The oak they stood under lived until 1987, when root rot took it at around five hundred years old.

What the plaque says

San Rafael Rancho, first granted to José Maria Verdugo, Oct. 20, 1784. Catalina Adobe built about 1828. And, General Andres Pico oak tree camp site, before he surrendered to General John C. Fremont, 1847. Catalina (Verdugo) Adobe San Rafael Rancho of Jose Maria Verdugo, built about 1828. Placed by Don Jose Verdugo Chapter - Daughters of the American Revolution - 1958. San Rafael Ranch Jose Maria Verdugo granted land use by Gov. Pedro Fages, 1784. Deed recorded, 1799. State Historical Landmark No. 637. National Register of Historic Places - 1976. Glendale Historical Landmark.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Colorado Street Bridge — 4.6 mi
  Beaux-Arts concrete arches curving 150 feet above the Arroyo Seco, opened in 1913 and later a link in Route 66.
• Mission San Gabriel Arcangel — 9.2 mi
  The fourth Alta California mission, built on Tongva land with Tongva labor, rebuilt after arson and now telling that story straight.
• Santa Monica Pier — 19 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

• Casa Adobe de San Rafael — 2.1 mi
• The Gamble House — 4.5 mi
• Ennis House — 5.6 mi
• Pacific Asia Museum (Grace Nicholson's Treasure House of Oriental and Western Art) — 5.7 mi