The Los Alamos Ranch House is a historic adobe house near Los Alamos in northern Santa Barbara County, California. The house, the centerpiece of Rancho Los Alamos, was built about 1840, and is one of the best-preserved examples of domestic architecture from California's Mexican period. The building was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1970.
History
Rancho Los Alamos originated as a Mexican land grant given in 1839 to José Antonio de la Guerra, the son of the Commandant José de la Guerra y Noriega of the Presidio of Santa Barbara. The grant of nearly was one of a large number of such grants made by the Mexican government in the 1830s. The house was built by Chumash natives who lived on the rancho, trading their labor for goods and food. It was a common stopping point on what was then the main road between Santa Barbara and Monterey, now Route 135.
The ranch house now stands on a much reduced property, and is private property.
See also
- List of Ranchos of California
- Pablo de la Guerra
- Antonio Maria de la Guerra
- List of National Historic Landmarks in California
References
External links
- Los Alamos Ranch House/Rancho Los Alamos (de la Guerra)