Rozas House | |
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Location | 31 Polk St., San Juan Bautista, California |
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Coordinates | 36°50′41″N121°32′17″W / 36.84472°N 121.53806°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1856 |
Architect | B. Sammit |
NRHP reference No. | 82002243 [1] |
Added to NRHP | April 12, 1982 |
The Rozas House is a historic house located at 31 Polk St. in San Juan Bautista, California, United States. The house, which was built in 1856, is long and narrow and consists of a series of rooms opening to the outside and an interior courtyard, an unusual style for wood-frame houses. Ambrozio Rozas Sr., purchased the house soon after its construction; his son, Ambrozio Rozas Jr., and his family occupied the house. Rozas Jr., lived in San Juan Bautista for the rest of his life; after his death, his wife Emelda Lugo Rozas occupied the house until 1950. [2]
The Rozas House was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]
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