{"nrhp_refnum":"73000413","name":"Boronda, Jose Eusebio, Adobe","other_names":["Homestead Place"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Boronda Rd. and W. Laurel Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Salinas","county":"Monterey County","state":"CA","lat":36.70099202700004,"lon":-121.67884686499997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-03-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story rancho adobe on Boronda Road at West Laurel Drive near Salinas, Monterey County, California, built probably between 1844 and 1848 by Jose' Eusebio Boronda as the second of two adobes on his rancho.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it one of the last original Mexican rancho adobes in the Salinas Valley and the only one there to survive virtually unaltered. It is also noted for architectural quality unusual on a rancho, with features of the Monterey Colonial style, and for its link to the prominent Boronda family.","narrative":"This one-story rancho adobe on Boronda Road near Salinas was built by Jose' Eusebio Boronda, probably between 1844 and 1848, as the second of two adobes on his Rancho Rinconada del Sanjon. Its walls are about 2 feet thick and 10 feet high, topped by a four-way sloping shingle roof of sawed redwood that covers wide verandahs. Inside, original partitions divide a central sala from end rooms, and the oak plank floors and fireplaces with New England style mantels survive. Its window and door framing, shingle roof, verandahs and open beamed ceiling reflect the Monterey Colonial style associated with Thomas Oliver Larkin. The nomination describes it as one of the last original Mexican rancho adobes in the Salinas Valley and the only one remaining nearly unaltered. It also links to the Boronda family, whose members were influential in California. At the time of listing the building was vacant, in fair condition, and owned by a local historical society planning a museum.","period_of_significance":"Ca. 1846","architect_builder":"Jose' Eusebio Boronda (owner and builder); the form suggests immigrant New England carpenters built it","architectural_style":"Monterey Colonial features on a Mexican-period rancho adobe","criteria":[],"status_note":"Unoccupied and in fair condition at the time of nomination, with vandal-broken window panes and worn porch boards. The Monterey County Historical Society had recently bought it and planned restoration for use in a museum complex.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.354914-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/73000413.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73000413/ff83265a84-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73000413/ff83265a84-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Intranila","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eusebio_Adobe.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Intranila</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eusebio_Adobe.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859897","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Eusebio_Boronda_Adobe","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6279359"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/monterey-county/boronda-jose-eusebio-adobe-73000413/"}