National Register #72000261
Peņa Adobe
Interstate Highway 80 - Exit 51B
Two Miles Southwest of Vacaville
Built 1842
The Peņa Adobe is the oldest building in Solano County.
In 1843, Mexico granted ten leagues named El Rancho Los Putos to Manuel
Cabeza de Vaca and Juan Felipe Peņa. The original adobe was built on this property
in 1842-1843. It was expanded around the year 1864 with a wood frame addition and remodeled
around 1880 with a new shingled roof.
In 1958, descendents of Peņa and Vaca deeded the adobe and one and a half
acres of land to Vacaville for restoration and preservation.
The Historical American Buildings Survey (HABS)
documented the adobe with drawings and photographs.
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