Hunter Liggett Military Reservation, Jolon, California. County/parish: Monterey.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 07, 1974. NRIS 74000537.
1 contributing building. 1 contributing site.
José Mario Gil Adobe is a rancho adobe established in 1865 by Don José Maria Gil, a prosperous Monterey rancher of Spanish origin. The Adobe is located on Fort Hunter Liggett, near Jolon, in the southwestern part of Monterey County, California. The rancho adobe exemplifies the architecture style and cattle ranching economy prevalent in the Salinas Valley during the era of cattle ranching, which preceded the transition to vegetable farming dependent on irrigation. The site was officially listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 7, 1974.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859919