Orinda Adobe Houses — Adobe House Atlas

Orientation

Where the city's adobe stands

Plate II · field survey

Plate II · Orinda © OpenStreetMap · plotted from the catalog

Live map plotted from the catalog. Pins mark documented adobe properties in Orinda; open the full map to filter by neighborhood, era, and status.

1 entries · California

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Touchstones

Three houses to start with

If you read only three entries before walking Orinda, read these — the highest-tier landmarks in the catalog and the foundation for everything else.

CA-O-001 · NRHP

Moraga Adobe 24 Adobe Lane

The Moraga Adobe, sometimes called the Joaquin Moraga Adobe, stands at 24 Adobe Lane in the city of Orinda, in the rolling hills of central Contra Costa County. The building dates from the early 1840s and is the oldest…

Local context

Orinda's adobe character

Orinda holds 1 documented adobe property in the catalog. The single catalogued entry is vernacular adobe.

Registry status: 1 National Register listing.

Entries in this catalog

Moraga Adobe — vernacular adobe; private residence (NRHP).

The catalog

All 1 entries in Orinda

Documented properties in Orinda, listed alphabetically. Each plate carries the entry's reference number, registry status, address, and date of construction.

M — M 1 of 1 shown

CA-O-001 NRHP

Moraga Adobe 24 Adobe Lane

Plate · Moraga Adobe. Wikimedia Commons via Wikipedia (Moraga_Adobe_(Orinda,_CA).jpg).

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Cross-reference

Nearby cities

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Other adobe centers within reach of Orinda. Each links to its own chapter of the Atlas.

Concord 12 mi · 1 entry

A single catalogued adobe property in Concord, California.

San Francisco 16 mi · 1 entry

A single catalogued adobe property in San Francisco, California.

Alameda County 18 mi · 1 entry

One adobe property catalogued at the county level in California.