The Diego Sepulveda Adobe - Costa Mesa, CA
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N 33° 40.391 W 117° 56.228
11S E 413125 N 3726313
This is one of many plaques at this location.
Waymark Code: WMMZ04
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 11/26/2014
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The plaque says, "This adobe building was constructed about 1820 as part of an outlying mission stock headquarters to shelter the herdsmen who cared for the cattle from Mission San Juan Capistrano. After secularization, the property continued as a cattle ranch through the 1860s when Diego Sepulveda, after whom it is named occupied it. Floods and drought ended the cattle industry by the 1870s and the building served as a farmhouse until 1963 when the Segerstrom family donated the adobe and 5 acres of land to the City of Cost Mesa. The building was restored and opened as a community museum in August 1966 as California landmark number 227. Dedicated November 15, 2014"
Group that erected the marker: Native Sons of the Golden West
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
1600 Adams St.
Costa Mesa, CA United States
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: Not listed
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