{"nrhp_refnum":"76000487","name":"San Rafael Rancho","other_names":["Bashor Property"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Bonita Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Glendale","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":34.18032253400003,"lon":-118.23271909799996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-12-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Exploration/Settlement","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A nearly two-acre park-like property at 2211 Bonita Drive in Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, containing an adobe house (built about 1828 or, by another account, 1860) and a 500-plus-year-old oak tree, both once part of the San Rafael Rancho.","why_significant":"The adobe and the Oak of Peace are tied to the Verdugo family and the Hispanic settlement of the San Rafael Rancho. The oak marks the January 1847 meeting at which General Andres Pico received Fremont's surrender terms, leading to the Treaty of Cahuenga. Together they are presented as a historical and visual unit that reflects the shift from Hispanic to Anglo-American dominance in mid-19th-century California.","narrative":"Set on a leafy, almost two-acre lot on Bonita Drive in Glendale, this property holds a small adobe house and a very old oak tree, both once part of the Verdugo family's San Rafael Rancho. The rancho began with an 1784 grant to Jose Maria Verdugo. The adobe is traditionally dated to about 1828 and linked to Catalina Verdugo, but a granddaughter of Julio Verdugo argued it was built around 1860 by her father, Teodoro, and the question remains unresolved. A 1946 northern wing added a dining room, kitchen and dressing room, while the original adobe section changed little. The oak, estimated at over 500 years old, is known as the Oak of Peace. In January 1847 General Andres Pico met envoys of Fremont near it to discuss surrender terms that led to the Treaty of Cahuenga. The oak now needs wire and pole bracing to survive. The adobe is a California Historical Landmark.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Builder in controversy","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Adobe in use as a private residence; oak in fair condition, braced and treated to keep it alive; the adobe was partly altered by a 1946 northern addition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.842283-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/76000487.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000487/7d69a0a040-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000487/7d69a0a040-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Floatjon","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Catalina_Verdugo_Adobe.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Floatjon</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:Catalina_Verdugo_Adobe.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"16000468","name":"Big Creek Hydroelectric System Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/california/big-creek-hydroelectric-system-historic-district-16000468/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859488","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalina_Verdugo_Adobe","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q79587236"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/san-rafael-rancho-76000487/"}