{"nrhp_refnum":"82002222","name":"Yorba, Domingo Adobe and Casa Manuel Garcia","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"31781 Camino Capistrano","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Juan Capistrano","county":"Orange County","state":"CA","lat":33.50036453900003,"lon":-117.66297263999996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-02-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","European","Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Two side-by-side adobe buildings at 31781 Camino Capistrano in San Juan Capistrano, Orange County, California: the one-story Domingo Yorba Adobe (c. 1830) and the two-story Casa Manuel Garcia (1840), with later farm outbuildings on a three-acre lot.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the buildings are late Mexican period adobes whose street facades remain remarkably unchanged. The Casa Manuel Garcia is described as the only two-story Monterey style adobe left in Orange County. The group also documents commerce, as a general store and the 'French Hotel', and settlement by Mexican, Portuguese and French Basque families.","narrative":"Two adobe buildings stand side by side on Camino Capistrano in San Juan Capistrano, once the main road between Los Angeles and San Diego. The Domingo Yorba Adobe, from about 1830, is a one-story dwelling with 20-inch-thick adobe walls. The Casa Manuel Garcia, built in 1840, is a two-story adobe described as the only one of its kind in the town and the only two-story Monterey style adobe left in Orange County. Its ground floor held the first general store. After 1880 a wooden second-floor addition, a lacy-balustraded balcony and an outside stair turned it into the French Hotel, which operated until 1903. Domingo Oyharzabal, a Basque immigrant from France, bought both houses in 1880, and the family has held them since. Barns, sheds, a corn crib, an orange orchard and pepper trees remain behind them. The group was listed for its architecture, its role in local commerce, and its record of continuous settlement by pioneer families.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899, 1900-","architect_builder":"Miguel Garcia, Domingo Yorba","architectural_style":"Monterey style (Casa Manuel Garcia); late Mexican period adobe","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as occupied and in excellent to fair condition. The Yorba Adobe is a private residence, and the ground-floor store of the Garcia adobe is still in commercial use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.382324-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/82002222.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123860374","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/orange-county/yorba-domingo-adobe-and-casa-manuel-garcia-82002222/"}