10/5/1996
10/5/1996
Landmark information
- Location:
715 N Santa Barbara St, Santa Barbara - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Existing - Date First Visited:
10/5/1996 - Date Most Recently Visited:
10/5/1996 - GPS Coordinates:
N 34 25.272, W 119 41.795 - Other Designations:
National Historic Landmark
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Casa Covarrubias
Built by Indian labor in 1817 for Don Domingo Carrillo, whose daughter married Don Jose Maria Covarrubias in 1838. Descendants of these families, many of them leaders in public affairs, occupied this house for over a century. Don Jose Maria was the first federal elector from California in 1852.
John R. Southworth moved and rebuilt the "historic adobe" here in 1924 as part of a civic program of historic preservation. Los Adobes de Los Rancheros acquired the property in 1938 as headquarters for Los Rancheros Visitadores and for the use and enjoyment of the people.