#0512 Alvarado Adobe
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#0512 Alvarado Adobe
Plaque information:
No plaque, but there is a state signOHP description:
Site of adobe house, grape arbor, and gardens built in 1842 by Jesus Maria Castro for his mother, Dona Gabriela Berryessa de Castro, widow of Francisco Maria Castro who had been granted Rancho (Cuchiyunes) San Pablo in 1823. When Dona Gabriela died in 1851, the adobe became the property of her daughter, Martina Castro de Alvarado, wife of Juan Bautista Alvarado, who was Governor of California from 1836 to 1842.Registered 11/6/1953