Santa Teresa in San Jose in Santa Clara County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)
The Bernal-Gulnac-Joice Ranch House
Home to a ranching family for 120 years
Photographed By Joseph Alvarado
1. The Bernal-Gulnac-Joice Ranch House Marker
Originally built with four rooms and no electricity or indoor plumbing, the house was added to and remodeled many times to accommodate growing families and advances in technology. By 1950, it was three times its original size and supplied with power and water. Today you see the ranch house as it looked in the early 1900s.
If you were a ten year old on this ranch in 1900, your chores would be…..
✓ Beat rugs a sweep floors
✓ Carry wood for wood stove
✓ Haul water from the spring to take baths, wash dishes, do laundry
✓ Wash dishes by hand (in the tub)
✓ Empty chamber pots
Inset Images:
Patrick F. Joice and Susan Gulnac, married 1894
Ranch House ca. 1910 with Bernal and Gulnac family members on porch
Courtesy California Room, San Jose Public Library
Ranch House ca. 1885
Courtesy Patrick Joice
Erected by
this page online
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Parks & Recreational Areas • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1860.
Location. 37° 13.587′ N, 121° 47.919′ W. Marker is in San Jose, California, in Santa Clara County. It is in Santa Teresa. Marker is on Manila Drive east of Camino Verde Drive, on the right when traveling east. The resin marker is mounted to metal posts in front of the ranch house in the Bernal-Gulnac-Joice Ranch historic area of the Santa Teresa County Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 372 Manila Drive, San Jose CA 95119, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Chores Around the Ranch House (a few steps from this marker); Barns and Outbuildings (within shouting distance of this marker); Welcome to the Bernal-Gulnac-Joice Ranch (within shouting distance of this marker); Farm Animals (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Welcome to the Bernal-Gulnac-Joice Ranch (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Farming Replaces Cattle Ranching (about 600 feet away); Beyond Cattle & Farming (about 700 feet away); The Bernal Hacienda (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in San Jose.
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Photographed By Joseph Alvarado, March 24, 2023
2. The Bernal-Gulnac-Joice Ranch House Marker
1. Bernal-Gulnac-Joice Ranch. Santa Clara County Parks
"Originally part of Rancho Santa Teresa, the ranch and surrounding 20-acre property are what remains of a nearly 10,000-acre parcel granted to José Joaquin Bernal by the Mexican government in 1834."(Submitted on March 28, 2023, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California.)
2. Rancho Santa Teresa on Wikipedia.
"José Joaquín Bernal (1762–1837), a member of the 1776 De Anza Expedition, was a soldier at the Presidio of San Francisco and by 1805 at the Pueblo of San José. In 1819 he retired from the army, and in 1826 he settled his family of eleven children near Santa Teresa spring, ten miles south of San Jose."(Submitted on March 28, 2023, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California.)
Photographed By Joseph Alvarado, March 24, 2023
3. Ranch House
Photographed By Joseph Alvarado, March 24, 2023
4. Bernal-Gulnac-Joice Ranch Sign
Credits. This page was last revised on March 28, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 28, 2023, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California. This page has been viewed 105 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 28, 2023, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California. 3. submitted on March 27, 2023, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California. 4. submitted on March 28, 2023, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California.
