La Casa de Carrión is an

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home built in 1868 by Saturnino Carrión (27 Nov 1831 - 25 Jun 1868). It is currently located in La Verne, California. The La Casa de Carrión was designated a

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(No. 386) on Dec. 14 1945. When La Casa de Carrión was built it was on the Rancho San Jose land. The Casa de Carrion the land was owned by Carrion's uncle

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and his business partner

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. Ygnacio Palomares had built his own home,

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, near by in what is now

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in 1855. The land of Casa de Carrion was gifted to Saturnino Carrión by Ygnacio_Palomares. The adobe home was built in a "L" shape with the front of the house facing north. Saturnino Carrión, his wife, Dolores (b.11 Aug 1843 in Santa Barbara), and their three sons moved into La Casa de Carrión at completion. The three sons were: Ramon del Refugio (b.4 Jul 1865), Julian (b. 5 Nov 1866) and Frank. Saturnino and Dolores married on 15 May 1865 at the Plaza Church in Pueblo Los Angeles. Born at La Casa de Carrión to Saturnino and Dolores were daughters: Josefa, Agatha and Louise. Saturnino Carrión raise

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on his ranch at La Casa de Carrión. Saturnino Carrión grew up in the

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, the only child of Casiano Carrión and Josefa (Lopez) Carrión. Julian continued to run the ranch after his father died. Carrion's uncle Ygnacio Palomares was elected the last Mexican California

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in 1848, but held the position briefly due to Colonel Jonathan Stevenson considering him intolerable and anti-American, following the

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on February 2, 1848. The Rancho San Jose consisted of land taken from the

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in 1834 as part of the Mexican government's secularization decree of 1833. In 1837, Mexican Governor

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granted the land to

and

, both

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sons of

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natives. The Rancho San Jose operated by Dons Palomares and Vejar covered land that now forms the communities of

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, San Dimas, Diamond Bar, Azusa, Covina, Walnut, Glendora, and

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. In 1887 La Casa de Carrión became part of the new town call Lordsburg, named after the new owner, Isaac W. Lord, of the land around the ranch. The house is still a private residence in La Verne, California. Paul E. Traweek restored the old home in 1951.

Marker

The state marker reads:Marker database, 386
/ref> *''This house, built in 1868 by Saturnio Carrion, was restored in 1951 by Paul E. Traweek. ''

References

{{Spanish America California Historical Landmarks 1868 establishments in California