Rancho San Lucas

Rancho San Lucas
Rancho San Lucas is located in California
Rancho San Lucas
Rancho San Lucas is located in the United States
Rancho San Lucas
Location134 mi. SW of jct. of Paris Valley Rd. and Rancho San Lucas entry rd., San Lucas, California
Coordinates36°2′34″N 121°0′27″W / 36.04278°N 121.00750°W / 36.04278; -121.00750
Area3,600 acres (1,500 ha)
Built1865
ArchitectTrescony, Catherine
Architectural styleTransverse adobe barn
NRHP reference No.91000530[1]
Added to NRHPMay 06, 1991

Rancho San Lucas was a 8,875-acre (35.92 km2) Mexican land grant in the Salinas Valley, in present-day Monterey County, California given in 1842 by Governor Juan B. Alvarado to Rafael Estrada.[2] The grant extended along the west bank of the Salinas River south of present-day San Lucas.[3][4] It remains an operating ranch.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Ogden Hoffman, 1862, Reports of Land Cases Determined in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Numa Hubert, San Francisco
  3. ^ Diseño del Rancho San Lucas
  4. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rancho San Lucas