Pio Pico Adobe (Before Restoration) -- Don Pio Pico, the last Mexican governor of California, acquired the land for this home in 1850, in what is now Whittier. The adobe was destroyed by the floods of 1883-84
Pio Pico Adobe (Before Restoration) -- Don Pio Pico, the last Mexican governor of California, acquired the land for this home in 1850, in what is now Whittier. The adobe was destroyed by the floods of 1883-84
Pio Pico Adobe (Restored) -- This, Don Pico's second adobe known as "the mansion", had 33 rooms, and the fireplaces were so large that logs stood in them vertically.
Pio Pico Adobe (Restored) -- This, Don Pico's second adobe known as "the mansion", had 33 rooms, and the fireplaces were so large that logs stood in them vertically.