Overview
The Ortega-Vigare Adobe is named after two of the past residents the Ortega family and the Vigare family. The Adobe is 1,000 feet south of the Mission San Gabriel Arcángel. A soldier of the mission built the Adobe between 1792 and 1806. The Adobe was passed down a few generations to his children. Don Jean Vigare became the owner in 1859. Soon it became San Gabriel's first bakery. Baking next to the Missions Lime orchard and a large cactus wall. After the bakery, the Adobe was returned to a private home again. Mrs. Lux Vigare, great-granddaughter of a soldier of the Mission San Gabriel Archangel lived at the Adobe the 1930s. In 1993 the Adobe was purchased, the new owner saved the Adobe demolition. The new owner restored the Adobe and installed modern convenience, with keeping the Spanish-style. [2] The current Adobe is a 3760 square-foot home on a three-fourths of an acre. The adobe has the historic 24-inch-thick Adobe walls. The living room has high ceilings original large wood beams. The Adobe now has a cobblestone courtyard with an eighteenth century-fountain. The originally Adobe was in the traditional L-shaped, but is half the original size. Added later was a 864-square-foot guest house. In 2011 the Adobe was sold again. [3] [4] [5] [6]
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