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Alviso Adobe

Caption: Alviso Adobe
Additional Description: This photo is on display at the "Museum on Main Street" The left section of the building is the original adobe. The right section is the former barn which later was converted to a kitchen and dining area.

"The Francisco Alviso Adobe is located on lands that were once part of Rancho Santa Rita, first granted to Jose Delores Pacheco in 1839. The Alviso family purchased the land and built the existing adobe in 1854. Francisco Alviso and his wife Miranda raised their 12 children at this site. In an agricultural census from 1860, Mr. Alviso stated that he owned 200 acres of unimproved land, 7 horses, 30 milch cows, and 100 other cattle. Archival research suggests that he was running a dairy, possibly the first in the area"
Source: The Museum on Main Street Display
Submitted: November 17, 2009, by Syd Whittle of Mesa, Arizona.
Database Locator Identification Number: p86162
File Size: 2.080 Megabytes

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