Jose Dolores Garcia - San Juan Capistrano, CA
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N 33° 30.032 W 117° 39.856
11S E 438299 N 3706975
This sign is located at 31831 Los Rios Street San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675.
Waymark Code: WMQAQZ
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 01/24/2016
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This site serves as the headquarters for the San Juan Capistrano Historical Society and the O'Neill Museum.
A plaque at the entrance reads:
"Jose Dolores Garcia
Jose Dolores Garcia was a prominent
citizen of San Juan Capistrano who was
of Juaneno Inidan and Spanish descent.
In 1862, he married Maria Refugia Yorba
at the Mission. He promised her a new
and unique house. After extensive
research on horseback in the Anaheim
area, he built this Victorian-style house
around 1870. Here they lived happily
until his untimely death in 1897. His
grieving widow then sold the home.
PRESENTED BY
The Nibbles Family and Friends
San Juan Capistrano Historical Society"
Another small adjacent plaque adds:
""HISTORIC SITE
O'NEILL MUSEUM
BUILT IN THE 1880's, this Victorian
house was one of the town's first
wooden buildings. It was moved from
its original location across the tracks
and about a block south. The building
was restored in 1979."
Group that erected the marker: The Nibbles Family and Friends San Juan Capistrano Historical Society
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
31831 Los Rios Street
San Juan Capistrano, CA USA
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: Not listed
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