Los Coches Rancho (Richardson Adobe)

The state bronze that stood here is gone, reported stolen, and only its stone remains; the empty adobe can be seen through a chain-link fence. The state registered the landmark as the Richardson Adobe, but the Mexican grant of 1841 was made to María Josefa Soberanes, of a Monterey family, in her own name. Her husband, William Brunner Richardson, a tailor from Baltimore, built the house in 1843, and it later served travellers as an inn and stage stop. Margaret Jacks gave it to the state in 1958.

Where it stands

More markers nearby

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• Mission San Antonio de Padua — 17 mi
• New Idria Mine — 23 mi
• Hill Town Ferry — 25 mi