Luis María Peralta Adobe

One word on the bronze covers the builder: Apache. Manuel Gonzales, an Apache man who came north with the Anza colonists and his family, was among the pueblo's founders and served as its alcalde in 1785. After his death in 1804 the adobe went to Luis María Peralta, a sergeant who in 1805 led the San Francisco garrison in a surprise attack on a Native village in the San Joaquin Valley. Peralta held Rancho San Antonio, the land of later Oakland and Berkeley, but never lived there; he stayed here and left the adobe to his daughters.

What the plaque says

Luis María Peralta Adobe The last vestige of El Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe. The simple adobe, rehabilitated in the mid-19th century, is believed built before 1800 by Manuel Gonzalez, an Apache, who was one of the pobladores (founders). Later owned and occupied by Sgt. Peralta, pueblo comisionado from 1807 to 1822. Both men came to California with the Anza Expedition in 1775-76. California Registered Historical Landmark No. 866 Plaque placed by the State Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation with the Peralta Adobe Restoration Committee and San Jose Historic Landmarks Commission, August 25, 1976. Luis Maria Peralta Adobe Pueblo San Jose de Guadalupe Built in 1797 San Jose Historic Landmark No. 1

Where it stands

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