{"nrhp_refnum":"92000261","name":"Rancho De Los Kiotes","other_names":["Rancho De Los Quiotes","Leo Carillo Ranch","Flying L.C."],"category":"district","location":{"address":"6200 Flying L.C. Lane","address_restricted":false,"city":"Carlsbad","county":"San Diego County","state":"CA","lat":33.11920546800005,"lon":-117.23738751587993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-03-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Hispanic"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 10.5-acre ranch complex of adobe and wood buildings at 4758 Palomar Airport Road in Carlsbad, San Diego County, California, built 1937-1940 by actor Leo Carrillo as a retreat and working ranch. It holds 17 resources: 11 buildings and 6 structures.","why_significant":"The nomination argues significance under Criterion B for its association with Leo Carrillo, an actor and State Parks commissioner who used the ranch as a weekend retreat from 1937 to 1941. It is also significant in Hispanic ethnic heritage, as Carrillo built it to celebrate California's early Spanish-Mexican heritage. The ranch reflects Southwestern adobe building traditions and the Hollywood-era California myth.","narrative":"Rancho De Los Kiotes, also called the Leo Carrillo Ranch, is a ten-and-a-half-acre complex of adobe and wood buildings in Carlsbad, California. Actor Leo Carrillo built it between 1937 and 1940 as a weekend retreat and working ranch meant to honor his Hispanic heritage. Carrillo drew up the designs himself, and Cruz Mendoza and his sons of Vista did the construction. The U-shaped main hacienda has thick adobe walls, a clay tile roof and corner beehive-shaped fireplaces. Nearby are a three-level adobe barn, a foreman's house, a cantina, a swimming pool and a small hillside house built for his wife. The ranch once covered 2,538 acres, but only the historic core remains, now owned by the city. The buildings show deterioration but have not been altered. The ranch is significant for its link to Carrillo, a film and television actor and longtime state parks commissioner who promoted California's Spanish past, and for its authentic adobe craftsmanship.","period_of_significance":"1936-1941","architect_builder":"Carrillo, Leo - architect; Mendoza, Cruz - builder","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Spanish Revival","criteria":["B"],"status_note":"Buildings are deteriorated from nature, neglect and time but unaltered; the 10.5 acres are owned by the City of Carlsbad and listed as a park.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.842337-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/92000261.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000261/a9b5905e57-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000261/a9b5905e57-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"scerruti","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rancho_De_Los_Kiotes_2012-09-22_16-36-00.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">scerruti</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:Rancho_De_Los_Kiotes_2012-09-22_16-36-00.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123860955","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrillo_Ranch_Historic_Park","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6100206"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/san-diego-county/rancho-de-los-kiotes-92000261/"}