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Order Number
00080200
Title
Ygnacio
Alvarado
adobe
aka
La
Casa
Alvarado
Collection ID
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Location/Accession
Pomona-Adobes-Alvarado
,
Ygnacio
.
Date
1936
Physical Description
1
photographic
print
:b&w
;21
x
26
cm
. on
board
21
x
26
cm
.
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
.
Historical Data
La
Casa
Alvarado
was
built
in
1840
by
Ygnacio
Alvarado
,
who
had
received
a
deed
to a
small
portion
of
land
in the
Rancho
San
Jose
. The
land
belonged
to his
cousin
,
Ygnacio
Palomares
, and
Alvarado
built
his
adobe
about
300
yards
to the
south
and
west
from the
Palomares
'
first
home
, "
La
Casa
Primera
". The
only
stipulation
Palomares
gave
Alvarado
was that he
build
a
room
large
enough
to
accommodate
religious
services
, and he
did
-
an
18
'
x
42
'
sala
(living
room)
,
which
was
used
for this
purpose
for
45
years
. In
1886
,
Dr
.
Benjamin
S
.
Nichols
purchased
the
property
and he
made
additions
to the
original
adobe
. In
1951
, the
property
was
sold
again
, to
Alphonse
B
. and
Isabel
Lopez
Fages
. At
some
point
, the
Fages
'
sold
the
adobe
to its
current
owners
,
who
have
restored
it
beautifully
.
La
Casa
Alvarado
was
declared
a
Historic
Landmark
in
1954
, and was
added
to the
National
Register
of
Historic
Places
in
April
4
,
1978
.
Description
Exterior
view
of
La
Casa
Alvarado
,
located
at
1459
Old
Settlers
Lane
in
Pomona
.
Photograph
shows
a
portion
of the
adobe
,
half-hidden
by
large
trees
and
shrubs
, with a
low
sweeping
shake
roof
supported
by
slender
wooden
posts
. The
roof
extends
over
a
wide
corridor
,
which
runs
along
the
entire
length
of the
house
.
Photograph
dated
:
June
24
,
1936
.
Subject
La Casa Alvarado (Pomona, Calif.).
Adobe houses--California--Pomona.
Dwellings--California--Pomona.
Ranches--California--Pomona.
Trees--California--Pomona.
Alvarado, Ygnacio.
Rancho San Jose´ (Calif.).
Pomona (Calif.).
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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