Northeast Oklahoma City in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma — The American South (West South Central)
Adobe Casita
Photographed by Thomas Smith, April 12, 2025
1. Adobe Casita Marker
Spanish, Mexican and Native American families living in the American Southwest and California often built using adobe (mud formed into walls or bricks). After the Mexican-American War of 1846 to 1848, new materials were imported via railways and adobe structures became rarer.
A traditional adobe casita (small house) was coated outside with a thin mud plaster and inside with whitewash. The floor inside was packed dirt and sealed with animal blood. Weavings or tanned leather hides covered the dirt. The roof was made of large support beams, called vigas, and smaller branches, called latillas, used to fill in gaps and then coated in a layer of adobe. Adobe requires regular maintenance or rain and other weather effects can cause it to melt. Today adobe is popular as a "green" building material.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Hispanic Americans • Indigenous Peoples and Communities. A significant historical year for this entry is 1846.
Location. 35° 32.111′ N, 97° 29′ W. Marker is in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in Oklahoma County. It is in Northeast Oklahoma
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Regionally, this marker is in Central Oklahoma Frontier Country. It is also in the American South, specifically on the prairies, and on the Southern Plains. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Louisiana Purchase.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Train Depot (a few steps from this marker); Loading Pens and Chute (within shouting distance of this marker); Sod House (within shouting distance of this marker); Trading Post (within shouting distance of this marker); Dinι Bikιyah (within shouting distance of this marker); The Place Home (within shouting distance of this marker); Oil Derrick (within shouting distance of this marker);
Photographed by Thomas Smith, April 12, 2025
2. Adobe Casita Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on September 21, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 16, 2025, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. This page has been viewed 135 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 16, 2025, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
