Where the city's adobe stands
Three houses to start with
If you read only three entries before walking Pacifica, read these — the highest-tier landmarks in the catalog and the foundation for everything else.
CA-P-002 · NRHP Sanchez Adobe Park in Pacifica preserves one of the oldest surviving structures on the San Mateo coast, located in the San Pedro Valley on lands long associated with both Indigenous Ohlone settlement and the outlying…
CA-P-001 · Catalog The Francisco Sanchez Adobe stands at the corner of Linda Mar Boulevard and Adobe Drive in Pacifica, in the San Pedro Valley on the coast south of San Francisco. The two-story adobe house was built in the early 1840s by…
Pacifica's adobe character
Pacifica holds 2 documented adobe properties in the catalog. All 2 entries belong to the vernacular adobe tradition.
Registry status: 1 National Register listing.
Entries in this catalog
- Francisco Sanchez Adobe — vernacular adobe; private residence.
- Sanchez Adobe Park — vernacular adobe; museum (NRHP).
Suggested walking tour
A route through the documented adobe of Pacifica — 2 stops, measured at a researcher's unhurried pace.
A field tour of Pacifica
Stops chosen from the catalog and ordered to make a coherent walk. Each stop links to the full catalog entry — addresses, dates, and photographs.
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Sanchez Adobe Park
Linda Mar Blvd., 1 mi. E of CA 1Sanchez Adobe Park in Pacifica preserves one of the oldest surviving structures on the San Mateo coast, located in the San Pedro Valley on lands long associated with both Indigenous Ohlone settlement and the outlying agricultural reach of Mission Dolores in…
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Francisco Sanchez Adobe
Linda Mar Boulevard & Adobe DriveThe Francisco Sanchez Adobe stands at the corner of Linda Mar Boulevard and Adobe Drive in Pacifica, in the San Pedro Valley on the coast south of San Francisco. The two-story adobe house was built in the early 1840s by Francisco Sanchez, a Californio who…
All 2 entries in Pacifica
Documented properties in Pacifica, listed alphabetically. Each plate carries the entry's reference number, registry status, address, and date of construction.
CA-P-001 Catalog CA-P-002 NRHP Nearby cities
Other adobe centers within reach of Pacifica. Each links to its own chapter of the Atlas.