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Description
Order Number
00081438
Title
Antonio
Lugo
adobe
and
surroundings
Collection ID
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Location/Accession
L.A.-Adobes-Lugo
,
Antonio.
;
A-006-716
4x5
Date
Circa
1875
Physical Description
1
photographic
print
:b&w
;20
x
25
cm
. on
board
21
x
26
cm
.
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
.
Historical Data
Antonio
Maria
Lugo
(1775-1860)
was
born
at the
San
Antonio
de
Padua
Mission
near
Monterey
. A
Corporal
in the
Spanish
army
, he
received
his
discharge
after
seventeen
years
and was
granted
29,514
acres
of
land
as a
reward
for his
faithful
service
to the
King
of
Spain
and the
military
. He
named
this
tract
of
land
Rancho
San
Antonio
,
after
his
birthplace
.
Lugo
maintained
a
beautiful
adobe
home
in the
pueblo
,
located
in the
exclusive
Plaza
and
across
from the
church
. In
1816
he was
appointed
Alcalde
(Mayor)
of
Spanish
Colonial
Los
Angeles
, and
served
until
1819
.
Don
Antonio
Maria
Lugo
, or "
El
Viejo
Lugo
"
-
an
endearing
title
bestowed
upon
him,
gradually
added
vast
properties
, and was the
owner
of
much
of what
is
now
the
city
of
Los
Angeles
;
it
was
said
he
could
ride
from
San
Diego
to
Sonoma
, a
distance
of
nearly
700
miles
,
without
once
leaving
his
own
land
.
After
Don
Antonio's
death
in
1860
, the
rancho
was
divided
among
his
children
:
Jose´
Mari´a
,
Jose´
del
Carmen
,
Vicente
,
Jesus
, and
Merced
.
Description
Early
view
of the
Plaza
surroundings
,
including
Antonio
Maria
Lugo
adobe
,
built
in
1819
, and
located
at
San
Pedro
near
2nd
Street
. The
Lugo
adobe
is
indicated
by a
star
(middle
right)
, and the
large
towered
building
seen
in the
center
distance
is
the
Wallace
Woodworth
residence
.
Subject
Dirt roads--California--Los Angeles.
Adobe houses--California--Los Angeles.
Dwellings--California--Los Angeles.
Streets--California--Los Angeles.
Lugo, Antonio Maria.
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.
Sub-Collection Name
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
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