Campo de Cahuenga

Campo de Cahuenga
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
California Historical Landmark #151
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #29
Campo de Cahuenga
Location	3919 Lankershim Blvd. Studio City, California 91604
Coordinates	34°8′24″N 118°21′42″W / 34.14000°N 118.36167°W / 34.14000; -118.36167Coordinates: 34°8′24″N 118°21′42″W / 34.14000°N 118.36167°W / 34.14000; -118.36167
Built	1847
Architect	Landon and Spencer
Architectural style	Mission Revival-Spanish Colonial Revival
Governing body	Local
NRHP Reference #	72001602
CHISL #	151
LAHCM #	29
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	December 19, 2003[1]
Designated LAHCM	13 November 1964[2]

The Campo de Cahuenga, near the historic Cahuenga Pass in present day Studio City, Los Angeles, California, was an adobe ranch house on the Rancho Cahuenga where the Treaty of Cahuenga was signed between Lieutenant Colonel John C. Frémont and General Andrés Pico in 1847, ending hostilities in California between Mexico and the United States. The subsequent Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of 1848, ceding California, parts of Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Arizona (but not Texas since it had seceded from Mexico in 1836, declared itself a republic, and joined the union in 1845) to the United States, formally ended the Mexican-American War. From 1858 to 1861 the Campo de Cahuenga became a Butterfield Stage Station.

Tinted postcard of the original adobe ranch house, with Cahuenga Peak in the background.

Decorative pavement marks the location of the original adobe structure, which faced toward the upper left.

The foundation of the original adobe at Campo de Cahuenga.

The original adobe structure was demolished in 1900. The city of Los Angeles provided funds for the purchase of the property in 1923, and a Mission Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival style replica "adobe" ranch house was built by the city following an effort led by Irene T. Lindsay, then President of the San Fernando Valley Historical Society, and dedicated on November 2, 1950. It is now a park and interpretive center managed by the City of Los Angeles's Department of Recreation and Parks in partnership with the Campo de Cahuenga Historical Memorial Association. Campo de Cahuenga is registered on the National Register of Historic Places, as California Historical Landmark No. 151, and as Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 29.

The foundations of the original adobe were unearthed beneath Lankershim Boulevard during construction of the Metro Red Line subway. The parts of the foundations within the park are preserved as an exhibit, and the "footprint" of the foundations under the street and sidewalk is marked by decorative pavement.

Campo de Cahuenga is often confused with the nearby Rancho Cahuenga, an inholding within the Rancho Providencia land grant, now part of Burbank.

The building is used by various organizations for special programs and regular meetings, and it is open with a docent on the first Saturday of each month, from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM.

See also

• Battle of Cahuenga Pass – 1831
• Battle of Providencia – 1845 Second Battle of Cahuenga Pass
• Conquest of California – 1846 Alta California
• Category: California Campaign – 1846-1848
• Cahuenga, California; Tongva settlement.
• Tongva—Tongva language
• History of California through 1899
• History of the San Fernando Valley to 1915
• List of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in the San Fernando Valley – city
• List of Registered Historic Places in Los Angeles – state
• Category: National Register of Historic Places in the San Fernando Valley – federal

References

• Jorgenson, Lawrence C.: The San Fernando Valley Past and Present, Pacific Rim Research, Los Angeles, 1982 ISBN 0-941014-00-2

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Campo de Cahuenga.

• Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation – Campo de Cahuenga
• Campo de Cahuenga at the University of Southern California Archives
• Campo de Cahuenga Historical Memorial Association

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