Hugo Reid Adobe

Hugo Reid Adobe also called Reid-Baldwin Adobe is an adobe home built in 1839. It is currently located at the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden in Arcadia, California. The Hugo Reid Adobe was designated a California Historic Landmark (No. 368) on April 3, 1940. The Reid Adobe was built by Scottish−Mexican Hugo Reid on the shore of what is now called Baldwin Lake with the help of local natives.[1] Reid received the full Mexican land grant for Rancho Santa Anita in 1845, which included 13,319 acres of land. Reid farmed some of the land and planted grape vines.[2][3][4]

Hugo Reid Adobe
The "Hugo Reid Adobe" ca.1903, prior to removal of a wood-frame addition by Baldwin
Location301 N Baldwin Ave, Arcadia CA
Coordinates34°08′27″N 118°03′11″W
Built1839
DesignatedApril 3, 1940
Reference no.368
Location of Hugo Reid Adobe in the Los Angeles metropolitan area

Hugo Reid (April 18, 1811 – December 12, 1852), born in Scotland, was an early resident of Los Angeles County who became a naturalized citizen of California (then a part of Mexico) and who married a local Gabrieleño woman, Victoria. Victoria, a Native American Indian, grew up at the San Gabriel Mission.[5][6]

Elias Jackson “Lucky” Baldwin purchased Rancho Santa Anita in 1875. In 1879 Baldwin added a wooden wing to the old adobe home. Elias Jackson "Lucky" Baldwin (April 3, 1828 – March 1, 1909) was a pioneer of California business, an investor, and real estate speculator during the second half of the 19th century. He earned the nickname "Lucky" Baldwin due to his extraordinary good fortune in a number of business deals. He built the luxury Baldwin Hotel and Theatre in San Francisco and bought vast tracts of land in Southern California, where a number of places and neighborhoods are named after him.[7]

In 1947 the state and county acquired the land to create an arboretum around the lake and historic Reid-Baldwin structures.[2]

Reconstruction

Without a good roof adobe structures can be damaged fast. With a good roof adobe structures still need constant maintenance. The Rancho-Era California Adobe is currently under repair and reconstruction. The original home was built with sun-dried adobe bricks. Adobe bricks are made with clay soil, water and a straw to add strength. The original adobe home's roof was made of rawhide animal skin used to tie giant cane reeds together. The roof was then coated with tar. The reconstruction of the Hugo Reid Adobe tried to used much of the original methods and materials.[8] [9] [10] [2]

Marker

State Marker on the site reads:[11]

  • NO. 368 HUGO REID ADOBE - Hugo Reid, a Scotsman, petitioned the government of Mexico to grant him Rancho Santa Anita. His claim strengthened by his marriage to Victoria, a native Indian of the San Gabriel Mission, he received the grant on April 16, 1841. Immediately upon filing his petition, Reid took possession of the land, started to farm and plant vineyards, and built the first house-the Hugo Reid Adobe-in 1839. In 1875, E. J. Baldwin purchased the rancho and in 1879 added a wooden wing to the old adobe.

See also

References
  1. "Historic structures of the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden". Arboretum.org. Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden. Retrieved June 18, 2017.
  2. "History of the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden § Baldwin Lake: Its Origins and History". Arboretum.org. Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden. Retrieved June 18, 2017.
  3. californiahistoricallandmarks.com, CHL No. 368 Hugo Reid - Baldwin Adobe - Los Angeles
  4. Cal Parks, Reid-Baldwin Adobe, 1940
  5. "Historic Structures: Hugo Reid Adobe". Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden. Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  6. Reid, Hugo (1968). "The Indians of Los Angeles County: Hugo Reid's letters of 1852". Library of Congress. Braun Research Library, Southwest Museum, Los Angeles, California. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
  7. "E. J. "Lucky" Baldwin". Historical Society of Southern California. September 5, 2010. Archived from the original on January 6, 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
  8. arcadiasbest.com, What or who is Hugo Reid? July 14, 2009
  9. The Patch, An Emergency at the Arboretum Finally Gets Attention, By Bill Peters, Apr 18, 2011
  10. arboretum.org, Strategic Plan 2017-2022 Summary
  11. Cal Makers, Heritage House
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