{"nrhp_refnum":"73000454","name":"Peralta, Luis Maria, Adobe","other_names":["Jose Manual Gonzalez-Luis Maria Peralta Adobe"],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"184 W. St. John St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Jose","county":"Santa Clara County","state":"CA","lat":37.33632660400008,"lon":-121.89434813399998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-10-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-room adobe house at 184 West St. John Street in San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, built in the 1790s as an early home in Pueblo San Jose de Guadalupe. It is owned by the City of San Jose.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is the last remaining adobe from the first pueblo in Spanish Alta California and a probably rare example of 1790-1800 pioneer domestic architecture in the state. It is also tied to two original owners, José Manuel Gonzalez and Luis Maria Peralta, who came to California with the first Spanish settlers.","narrative":"This two-room adobe at 184 West St. John Street in San Jose dates from the 1790s and is described as the last adobe surviving from the first pueblo in Spanish Alta California. It measures about 20 by 41 feet, with walls roughly two feet thick, tamped earth floors and a loft under the roof. José Manuel Gonzalez, an original settler who arrived with the Anza Party in 1776, chose the site on the second pueblo plaza. Luis Maria Peralta, a Spanish colonial soldier who rose to sergeant, is believed to have acquired the house in 1804 and lived there until his death in 1851. Later it served as wine storage. The adobe has been altered only modestly, though its surfaces have cracked and flaked and its south wall has eroded badly. A tie-rod system and protective coverings were added to preserve it. The City of San Jose owns the building.","period_of_significance":"after 1797","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition marked fair and altered; wood members show deterioration. A corrugated metal roof and a protective acrylic covering on the south wall were installed in 1973.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.581594-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/73000454.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73000454/afa5050fdb-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73000454/afa5050fdb-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Niteowlneils (talk) (Uploads)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PeraltaAdobe-cropped.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Niteowlneils (talk) (Uploads)</a>, <a href=\"http://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:PeraltaAdobe-cropped.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123861760","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peralta_Adobe","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7166894"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/santa-clara-county/peralta-luis-maria-adobe-73000454/"}