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Title	Avila or Abile adobe house, north Los Angeles Street and Alameda Street near the Plaza, 1896
Description	Photograph of Avila or Abile adobe house, north Los Angeles Street and Alameda Street near the Plaza, 1896. At center, two boys sit on the covered veranda running the length of the house. Two steps are cut into the short dirt embankment leading up to one of the doors of the structure. Three doors and three rectangular windows with shutters can be seen along the front of the structure. Several cracks and deformities can be seen along the wall as well. Behind the house at right, a large tree is visible.; "This house was once Commodore Stockton's Headquarters. It was built of adobe in 1821 on Olivera Street a few doors north of the Plaza. Before being taken over by the American sit was the residence of Señora Encarnacion Sepulveda de Avila and was one of the most pretentious and finely furnished in the pueblo." -- Charles J. Prudhomme.; "One of the oldest landmarks in the city, commonly referred to by pioneers as the 'first state capitol building in California,' may soon be demolished for sanitary reasons by order of the city housing commission. The building in question is an old adobe structure located at 16 Oliveras Street, just north of the Plaza. It is now used as a rooming-house and was an old home in 1847 when it was occupied by Commodore Stockton, who made it his headquarters while here. It was also occupied by General Fremont, the pathfinder, and it was here that the first American flag was raised in Los Angeles. The property is owned by the heirs to the Rimpau estate. Frank D. Rimpau, one of the owners has stated that at the time the house was occupied by Commodore Stockton it was owned by his grandmother, who married Francisco Avila, one of the early Spanish residents of Southern California." -- from "25 Years Ago Today". [unidentified newspaper] (11 April 1911).
Subject	Stockton, Commodore; Avila; Avila Adobe
Subject (adlf)	buildings
Subject (file heading)	Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Domestic -- Adobes; Los Angeles -- Sonora Town -- Architecture -- Domestic; Residences (Avila); Sonora Town
Subject (lcsh)	Adobe houses Architecture, Domestic Dwellings
Geographic subject (roadway)	North Los Angeles Street and Alameda Street
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	Los Angeles
Geographic subject (county)	Los Angeles
Geographic subject (state)	California
Coverage date	1896
Contributor	Prudhomme, Charles J., commentator
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1896
Type	images
Format	glass plate negatives
Format (aacr2)	2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 17 x 22 cm., 20 x 25 cm.
Format (aat)	photographic prints photographs
Accession number	197
Call number	CHS-197
Legacy record ID	chs-m4858; USC-1-1-1-4956
Part of collection	California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Part of subcollection	Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
Project	USC
Rights	California Historical Society
Access conditions	Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Repository name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository email	specol@usc.edu
Filename	CHS-197
Archival file	chs_Volume147/CHS-197.tiff

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