Historical Marker · No. 870
José Eusebio Boronda Adobe Casa
Salinas, Monterey County · California
Erected by State Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation with the Monterey County Historical Society, Inc., and the Monterey Bay Chapter, A.I.A., 1974
The bronze on the boulder by the walk calls the house virtually unaltered, and the house did better than the land around it. Governor Alvarado presented José Eusebio Boronda with about 6,700 acres in 1840. Proving that title to the American government took until 1860, and the patent confirmed 2,229 acres. The strain split the family. Boronda deeded his property to his wife and left for nineteen months, and several years after her death in 1864 he sued his children and won his land back. The Monterey County Historical Society bought the adobe in 1972.
What the plaque says
José Eusebio Boronda Adobe Casa Built between 1844 and 1848 by José Eusebio Boronda, this is an outstanding example of a Mexican era rancho adobe. Virtually unaltered since its construction, it shows many features of the "Monterey Colonial" style which resulted from the fusion of New England and California building traditions during California's Mexican period. California Registered Historical Landmark No. 870 Plaque placed by the State Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation with the Monterey County Historical Society, Inc., and the Monterey Bay Chapter, A.I.A. May 18, 1974.
Where it stands
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