Oreña Adobe
27 East De la Guerra Street

Oreña Adobe
27 East De la Guerra Street

The one-story adobe on the right was constructed in 1849 by José de la Guerra, fifth comandante of the Santa Barbara Presidio. It was used as a storehouse for merchandise received from ships. Gaspar Oreña purchased the property and built the adjacent story-and-a-half adobe in 1858. The Oreña family used the latter adobe as a town residence, and the property remains in family ownership. The adobes were restored in 1919-20 under the direction of James Osborne Craig, the architect of El Paseo. The buildings and the annexes have since been used for shops, a tea room, residences and offices.

Fridolin Haass

Fridolin Haass Watercolors of Santa Barbara Adobes
Presidio Research Center, Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation
Santa Barbara, CA

SBTHP

Originally painted in 1953
Shared on OMEKA November 8, 2012

Gift of Pearl Chase (1888-1979), a prominent Santa Barbara citizen, tireless community activist and avid historic preservationist.

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The Fridolin Haass Watercolors of Santa Barbara Adobes series is part of a larger donation by Pearl Chase, which also includes The Pearl Chase Papers and the Pearl Chase Lantern Slide collection. To access these collections visit: http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8736rfx/ and http://omeka.sbthp.org/collections/show/11

Original: watercolor paints on paper
Digital: JPEG

Watercolor

16 x 11.5 inches