EXPLORE SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO
Garcia/Pryor Residence
The 140-year-old building, home to the San Juan Capistrano Historical Society’s O’Neill Museum, originally sat behind El Adobe de Capistrano. Built around 1870 by saloon owner Jose Garcia who was murdered in 1886, the home was purchased by Albert Pryor in 1903. His family re- sided there for the next 50 years. The home was donated to the society and moved to Los Rios Street in the ’70s. +V KU PQY ƒPKUJGF KP RGTKQF HWTPKVWTG and houses the city’s historic photos, documents and genealogical records.
Montañez Adobe Built in 1794 for Juaneños, artisans and soldiers working at Mission San Juan Capistrano, one of San Juan’s oldest structures was restored over four decades. Polonia Gutierrez, one QH 5CP ,WCPŦU OKFYKXGU KU VJG ƒTUV recorded deed holder. Born in 1829, Polonia lived here for much of her life. Shortly after marrying a man named Montañez, she was widowed. Legend has it, Polonia and a group of children brought rain to San Juan during the drought of 1890. The adobe’s butter- fly garden is today maintained by the all-volunteer Los Rios Garden Angels.
Olivares House A bustling, yet cozy, day-time gather- ing place, the old Olivares house is now Hidden House Coffee Roasters— a charming, local mainstay pouring out green-sourced cups of coffee from the board-and-batten house just steps from the children’s paradise Zoomars Petting Zoo. Once home VQ &GNƒPC /CPTKSWG\ 1NKXCTGU VJG locale has long been a neighborhood
meeting spot. Olivares lived on Los Rios Street from 1912 to 1976 and was named Matriarch of San Juan %CRKUVTCPQ # RNCSWG JQPQTKPI JGT NKHG is placed near Los Rios Park.
Rios Adobe Nestled under mature trees steps from the railroad tracks sits the adobe 10 generations of the Rios Family have called home. The adobe was built of dirt, clay and straw in 1794 by patriarch Feliciano Rios, a Spanish soldier assigned to Saint Ju- niper Serra’s mission-building expedi- tion. He married a Juaneño woman in 1793, built his home and obtained a land grant. Their descendants still live in the home, preserving its character and maintaining memories of family members that have come and gone.
Silvas Adobe This one-room, one-story adobe, once owned by Jose Maria Silvas is one of three original San Juan Capistrano adobes still standing today—the Montañez and Rios are the others. The original structure on the Histori- cal Society’s property, which is also home to the Garcia/Pryor Residence, is currently being restored to its original, 1794 condition by a team of dedicated society volunteers. Sun- dried adobe bricks are being made traditionally using clay-rich dirt found on the historic Los Rios site.
Uncover more about these, and
other, Los Rios Historic District landmarks at the Historical Society’s O’Neill Museum located on the corner of Los Rios and River streets, just south of the Capistrano Depot.
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