Lugo Adobe (Site of)

Vicente Lugo's house stood on the east side of the plaza and had two storeys, which almost nothing in the pueblo did. He gave it to St. Vincent's School in 1867 — the first college in Southern California and the seed of Loyola Marymount — and the school outgrew it in two years. It became a hotel, then a curio store, then part of Old Chinatown. The state made it a landmark in 1939 and the wreckers took it in 1951 anyway. The park on the site was renamed for Yaanga in 2023.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Colorado Street Bridge — 7.5 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 — 8.0 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 — 15 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

• Los Angeles Plaza — steps away
• Old Plaza Firehouse — steps away
• Avila Adobe — steps away
• Pico House (Hotel) — steps away