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California Historical Landmarks in Santa Cruz County
 
 
Landmark 998
Rancho San Andréas Castro Adobe
184 Old Adobe Road
Watsonville
 

Rancho San Andréas Castro Adobe

The Castro Adobe is an outstanding example of Monterey Colonial architectural styling. The adobe functioned as a regional social center due to the importance of its location as the governing seat of the Castro family rural empire, which reached across seven land grants to include over a quarter of a million acres.

Citation from California Office of Historic Preservation

The Castro Adobe was damaged by the Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989 and is closed to the public. For more information, please see National Landmark 76000531.
Some other landmark California adobes:
Contra Costa County   Alvarado Adobe in San Pablo
    Castro Adobe Site in El Cerrito
    Martinez Adobe in Martinez
    Moraga Adobe in Orinda
    Don Fernando Pacheco Adobe in Concord
    Don Salvio Pacheco Adobe in Concord
Glenn County   Swift Adobe Site near Orland
Kings County   El Adobe de los Robles Near Lemoore
Lake County   Stone and Kelsey Adobe Site in Kelseyville
Santra Cruz County   Castro Adobe near Watsonville
Shasta County   Reading Adobe Site near Cottonwood
Solano County   Peņa Adobe near Vacaville
Sonoma County   Nash Adobe in Sonoma
    Petaluma Adobe near Petaluma
    Vallejo Adobe in Sonoma
 
 
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