Estudillo family of California
The Estudillo family is a prominent Californio family of Southern California. Members of the family held extensive ranchos and numerous important positions, including California State Treasurer, Mayor of San Diego, and Commandant of the Presidio of San Diego.
José María Estudillo.
José Joaquin Estudillo.
José G. Estudillo.
Casa de Estudillo in San Diego.
The Casa de Estudillo, also known as the Estudillo House, is a historic adobe house in San Diego, California, United States. It was constructed in 1827 by José María Estudillo and his son José Antonio Estudillo, early settlers of San Diego and members of the prominent Estudillo family of California, and was considered one of the finest houses in Mexican California. It is located in Old Town San Diego State Historic Park, and is designated as both a National and a California Historical Landmark in its own right.
Main entrance
Californio soldier and explorer José María Estudillo and several generations of the Estudillo family of California called the adobe home.
One wing of the house, with rooms connected by an exterior corredor
The dilapidated Casa de Estudillo, circa 1890, after the caretaker had sold off bits of the building.