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Order Number
00081446
Title
Antonio
Lugo
adobe
,
close-up
Studio
C.C. Pierce & Co.
Collection ID
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Location/Accession
L.A.-Adobes-Lugo
,
Antonio.
;
S-000-573
8x10
Date
Circa
1885
Physical Description
1
photographic
print
:b&w
;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
Close-up
view
of
Don
Antonio
Maria
Lugo's
adobe
,
built
in
1819
, and
located
at
San
Pedro
near
2nd
Street
. The
residence
,
fronted
by
three
large
palms
,
is
a
long
,
white
adobe
with a
gray
shingle
roof
, and
is
surrounded
by
numerous
columns
and a
wood
picket
fence
.
Don
Antonio's
adobe
faced
the
Plaza
.
Subject
Adobe houses--California--Los Angeles.
Dwellings--California--Los Angeles.
Palms--California--Los Angeles.
Lost architecture--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.
Internal Notes
An
additional
print
is
in
photograph
sleeve
.
Sub-Collection Name
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
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