San Deigo Historic Site 940 RANCHO GUAJOME

Formerly attached to Mission San Luís Rey, this 2,219-acre ranch wasbriefly owned by two mission Indians and then came into the hands ofDon Abel Stearns; Ysidora Bandini acquired it on her marriage to Col. Cave Johnson Couts. The adobe ranch house, built in 1852-53, is one of the finest extant examples of the traditional Spanish-Mexican one-storyhacienda with an inner-outer courtyard plan. San Diego County acquired it in 1973 for the Guajome Regional Park.