Historic Places: The Carillo Adobe

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The Carrillo Adobe is eligible for each of the four criteria to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The sooner that this property and structure is listed on the site, the sooner it will become a places where families can enjoy this structure once again, and learn about the many events and people that lived here. The structure to begin, far exceeds the fifty year minimum for a structure to be listed, having been built one hundred and seventy seven years ago this year. The first criteria stated that the structure is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history. The Carrillo Adobe falls into this category for many reasons, not only was it the first structure built in the town of Santa Rosa, but it was part of the large migration to California of Californios. The Spanish and Mexican presence has helped to shape the Western Portion of the United States in a great way, and Maria Carrillo, her children, and family were only a small portion of that. The second criteria, being associated with the lives of significant persons, only applies to Sonoma County. Outside of Sonoma County many will not know directly who Maria Carrillo is. While many Californians know of her son in law Mariano Vallejo, Carrillo is a prominent and important figure in Sonoma County history, and this household was the home of one of her sons, Joaquin Victor II, who would go on to become the first Latino mayor of Sonoma, California. The Carrillo Adobe definitely falls into criteria three for the National Register of Historic Places. The Carrillo Adobe embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction. The oldest forms of adobe structure scan be found in Anci...

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