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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:
Alvarado Adobe in San Pablo
Castro Adobe near Watsonville
Castro Adobe Site in El Cerrito
 
Don Fernando Pacheco Adobe in Concord
Don Salvio Pacheco Adobe in Concord
El Adobe de los Robles Near Lemoore
 
Martinez Adobe in Martinez
Moraga Adobe in Orinda
Nash Adobe in Sonoma
 
Peña Adobe near Vacaville
Petaluma Adobe near Petaluma
Reading Adobe Site near Cottonwood
 
Stone and Kelsey Adobe Site in Kelseyville
Swift Adobe Site near Orland
Vallejo Adobe in Sonoma
 
 
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