The Salvio Pacheco Adobe is a historic adobe house in Concord, California. It was built in 1835 by

Salvio Pacheco Don Juan Salvio Pacheco II (1793-1876) was a Californio ranchero and soldier. He founded the city of Concord, California, Concord, then known as Todos Santos. Pacheco also served three terms as Alcalde of San José (mayor of San Jose, California, ...

, a

Californio Californio (plural Californios) is a term used to designate a Hispanic Californian, especially those descended from Spanish and Mexican settlers of the 17th through 19th centuries. California's Spanish-speaking community has resided there sinc ...

ranchero with vast lands in Contra Costa.

History

In 1834, Salvio Pacheco was awarded the

Rancho Monte del Diablo Rancho Monte del Diablo (Devil's Mount Ranch in Spanish) was a Ranchos of California, Mexican land grant in present-day Contra Costa County, California given in 1834 by Governor José Figueroa to Salvio Pacheco. The name "Monte del Diablo" means ...

Mexican land grant The Spanish and Mexican governments made many concessions and land grants in Alta California (now known as California) and Baja California from 1775 to 1846. The Spanish Concessions of land were made to retired soldiers as an inducement for ...

, including what is now known as Concord and parts of Pleasant Hill. On June 24, 1835, he completed this two-story adobe, the first building to be erected in

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. Pacheco gave the land surrounding this adobe to the refugees of the earthquake-flood of 1868, and the community—previously known as Todos Santos—became known as Concord.

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External links

Salvio Pacheco Adobe - Concord Historic Society

California Landmark 515 at NoeHill
Houses in Contra Costa County, California Buildings and structures in Concord, California {{ContraCostaCountyCA-struct-stub

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