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The Lugo Adobe also called the Vicente Lugo Adobe or Casa de Don Vicente Lugo was a house in the
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, located on the east side of the Los Angeles Plaza at 512–524 N.
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. Don Vicente Lugo built the home in what is now called the
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in the 1840s. The Lugo Adobe was designated a California Historic Landmark (No.301) on July 12, 1939. Lugo Adobe was one of the very few two-story homes in the
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. In 1867 Don Vicente Lugo donated the Adobe to St. Vincent's School, that later became
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. St. Vincent's School used the building for two years before moving the School. The building became part of what is now called Old Chinatown, Los Angeles. When Old Chinatown became run down, Los Angeles put into place a redevelopment plan. The California Historic Landmark given to the Lugo Adobe did not save the Adobe from redevelopment. The Lugo Adobe was demolished in 1951, despite significant efforts to save it. The site of the former Lugo Adobe is now Father
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Park on the east side of the Los Angeles Plaza and the east side of N.
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, just west of
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and just east of the southern end of
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.


Gallery

File:Lugo Adobe housing Leeching Hung and Co.png, Lugo Adobe housing Leeching Hung & Co., date unknown File:Exterior view of the Pekin Curio Store in Los Angeles Plaza, ca.1909 (CHS-5168).jpg, The Lugo Adobe when it housed the Pekin Curio Store c.1909 File:Historic American Buildings Survey Photographed by Henry F. Withey April 1936 WEST FRONT - Casa de Don Vicente Lugo, 516-522 1-2 North Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles, Los HABS CAL,19-LOSAN,7-1.tif, Lugo Adobe, 1936


Vicente Lugo biography

Don Vicente Lugo was born on April 5, 1822. He was the son of Don Antonio Maria De Lugo and Maria Delores Dominga Ruiz Lugo. He married Maria Andrea del Carmen Ballesteros. He had two children: Belen Lugo and Blas Angel Lugo. He died on February 25, 1890. Don Antonio Maria De Lugo was the owner of large land grants in Southern California. His brother was
José del Carmen Lugo José del Carmen Lugo (1813 – c. 1870) was a major 19th century Californio landowner in Southern California. History He was born in 1813 at the Pueblo de Los Angeles, in Spanish colonial Alta California, then a province of the Viceroyalty ...
. José del Carmen Lugo, in a joint venture with his brothers José María and Don Vicente Lugo and cousin
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, began colonizing the
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and adjacent Yucaipa Valley. The land covered more than in the present day Inland Empire. Their colony charter was approved by the Mexican government in 1839. The valley was plagued by robberies and frequent raids by
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resisting loss of their homeland. Many would-be colonizers would stay for only short periods of time. The Lugo families became strong allies with the Mountain Band of
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remarked of Don Vicente that "the Beau Brummel of Los Angeles" in the early 1850s was "Don Vicente Lugo, whose wardrobe was made up exclusively of the fanciest patterns of Mexican type; his home, one of the few two-story houses in the pueblo, was close to
Ygnacio del Valle Ygnacio Ramón de Jesus del Valle (July 1, 1808 – 1880) was a Californio ranchero and politician. He owned much of the Santa Clarita Valley and served briefly as Mayor of Los Angeles and as a California State Assemblyman. Early life Del Va ...
's. Lugo, a brother of Don
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, was one of the heavy taxpayers of his time; as late as 1860, he had herds of twenty-five hundred head of cattle, or half a thousand more than Pío and Andrés Pico together owned. María Ballestero, Lugo's mother-in-law, lived near him.".


Marker

Marker on the site reads: *''NO. 301 LUGO ADOBE (SITE OF) - The Lugo Adobe, said to have been built in the 1840s by Don Vicente Lugo, was one of the very few two-story houses in the pueblo of Los Angeles. In 1867, Lugo donated this house on the Plaza to St. Vincent's School (forerunner of Loyola University). From the 1880s until it was razed in 1951, the building was occupied by the Chinese."


See also

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References

{{Spanish America California Historical Landmarks 1845 establishments in Alta California Demolished buildings and structures in Los Angeles Buildings and structures demolished in 1951