Where the city's adobe stands
Three houses to start with
If you read only three entries before walking Ventura, read these — the highest-tier landmarks in the catalog and the foundation for everything else.
CA-V-001 · NRHP The Olivas Adobe stands at 4200 Olivas Park Drive in Ventura, on land along the Santa Clara River plain that was once part of the Mexican-era Rancho San Miguel. The two-story adobe was built in the late 1840s by Don…
CA-V-003 · NRHP The San Buenaventura Mission Aqueduct was constructed beginning in the 1780s to carry water from the Ventura River to the mission complex at the coast, supporting the orchards, gardens, livestock, and domestic needs of…
CA-V-002 · Catalog Rancho Ex-Mission San Buenaventura comprised the secularized lands of Mission San Buenaventura, the ninth of the Alta California missions, founded by Junipero Serra in 1782 along the coastal plain of present-day…
Ventura's adobe character
Ventura holds 3 documented adobe properties in the catalog. The catalog mix: 2 Spanish Colonial, 1 vernacular adobe. The single dated entry was built in 1780.
Registry status: 2 National Register listings.
Entries in this catalog
- San Buenaventura Mission Aqueduct — built 1780, Spanish Colonial; ruins (NRHP).
- Olivas Adobe — vernacular adobe; private residence (NRHP).
- San Miguel Chapel Site — Spanish Colonial; ruins.
Suggested walking tour
A route through the documented adobe of Ventura — 3 stops, measured at a researcher's unhurried pace.
A field tour of Ventura
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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Olivas Adobe
4200 Olivas Park Dr.The Olivas Adobe stands at 4200 Olivas Park Drive in Ventura, on land along the Santa Clara River plain that was once part of the Mexican-era Rancho San Miguel. The two-story adobe was built in the late 1840s by Don Raymundo Olivas, a Californio rancher who…
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San Buenaventura Mission Aqueduct
234 Canada Larga Rd. · Built 1780The San Buenaventura Mission Aqueduct was constructed beginning in the 1780s to carry water from the Ventura River to the mission complex at the coast, supporting the orchards, gardens, livestock, and domestic needs of one of the largest of the Alta…
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San Miguel Chapel Site
Ventura, CAThe San Miguel Chapel Site in Ventura marks the location of an early Spanish-period chapel and Chumash village complex associated with the broader mission landscape of San Buenaventura. The chapel was one of several small outlying religious structures…
All 4 entries in Ventura
Documented properties in Ventura, listed alphabetically. Each plate carries the entry's reference number, registry status, address, and date of construction.
CA-V-001 NRHP CA-V-002 Catalog CA-V-003 NRHP CA-V-004 Catalog Nearby cities
Other adobe centers within reach of Ventura. Each links to its own chapter of the Atlas.