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Order Number
00078910
Title
Avila
Adobe
,
view
2
Collection ID
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Location/Accession
L.A.-Adobes-Avila.
;
N-000-183.2
8x10
Physical Description
1
photographic
print
:b&w
;21
x
26
cm
.
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
.
Historical Data
Don
Francisco
Avila
, a
wealthy
cattle
rancher
and
one-time
Mayor
of the
pueblo
of
Los
Angeles
,
built
the
Avila
Adobe
in
1818
. The
Avila
Adobe
,
presently
the
oldest
existing
residence
within
the
city
limits
, was
one
of the
first
town
houses
to
share
street
frontage
in the
new
Pueblo
de
Los
Angeles
. The
original
structure
was
nearly
twice
as
long
as
it
is
now
, and was
L-shaped
with a
wing
that
extended
nearly
to the
center
of
Olvera
Street
,
which
was the
town's
plaza
. The
walls
of the
adobe
are
1
1/2
to
3
feet
thick
and are
built
from
sun-baked
adobe
bricks
. The
original
ceilings
were
fifteen-feet
high
and
supported
by
beams
of
cottonwood
. The
largest
room
was the
family
room
,
which
served
as the
general
area
for
dining
,
entertaining
and
social
gatherings
. The
living
room
was
reserved
for
special
occasions
such
as
weddings
,
baptisms
, or
entertaining
special
guests
.
Floors
were
hard-compacted
earth
and
swept
several
times
a
day
to
keep
the
surface
smooth
and
free
from
loose
soil
.
Eventually
,
varnished
wooden
planks
would
cover
these
floors
. There was an
office
room
that
Don
Francisco
used
to
conduct
business
.
Sleeping
quarters
for he and his
wife
, and
another
for his
three
children
. In
addition
, a
kitchen
was
used
as a
food
preparation
area
and
doubled
as a
bathing
room
.
Another
room
served
as a
chapel
,
which
contained
a
small
altar
. In the
rear
courtyard
, a
long
porch
faced
the
patio
,
where
Don
Francisco
kept
a
garden
as
well
as a
vineyard
that he
tended
to on a
regular
basis
. In
later
years
, a
wooden
veranda
and
steps
were
added
to the
front
of the
adobe
. In
1953
, the
State
of
California
acquired
the
Avila
Adobe
as
part
of
El
Pueblo
de
Los
Angeles
State
Historic
Park
, and has been
opened
to
tours
since
1976
.
It
is
listed
on the
National
Register
of
Historic
Places
, and
is
California
State
Landmark
No
.
145
. The
Avila
Adobe
is
located
at
East
10
Olvera
Street
.
Description
View
2
-
Avila
Adobe
house
on
Olvera
Street
; a
small
car
is
parked
along
the
front
of the
wooden
porch
next
to
one
of the
staircases
.
Forty-three
years
earlier
, this
adobe
became
the
temporary
headquarters
for
Commodore
Robert
Field
Stockton
and
General
Stephen
Watts
Kearny
during
the
American
occupation
of
Los
Angeles
in
1847
. At that
time
,
it
was the
permanent
home
of
Don~a
Maria
Encarnacio´n
Avila
-
widow
of
Don
Francisco
Avila
.
When
the
townspeople
got
word
that
American
troops
were
rapidly
approaching
the
pueblo
,
many
of them
evacuated
their
homes
to
seek
refuge
at
outlying
ranchos
.
Don~a
Encarnacio´n
was
among
those that
fled
their
adobes
. At
which
point
,
Commodore
Stockton's
men
seized
the
adobe
for their
commanding
officer
.
When
the
Treaty
of
Cahuenga
was
signed
a
few
days
later
,
Stockton
abandoned
the
adobe
and
Don~a
Maria
Encarnacio´n
returned
to her
beloved
home
,
where
she
remained
until
her
death
in
1855
.
Subject
Avila Adobe (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Adobe houses--California--Los Angeles.
Dwellings--California--Los Angeles.
Porches--California--Los Angeles.
Avila, Francisco.
Format
Photographic prints
Reproduction Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at
http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html
for additional information.
Internal Notes
Additional
prints
are in
photograph
sleeve
.
Sub-Collection Name
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
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