Rancho Los Encinos
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Rancho El Encino
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The limestone Garnier building at Rancho Los Encinos: restored from 1994 Northridge earthquake damages and now the park's Visitor Center.
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| Location | Encino, California |
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| Coordinates | 34°9′34.40″N 118°29′58.28″W / 34.1595556°N 118.4995222°WCoordinates: 34°9′34.40″N 118°29′58.28″W / 34.1595556°N 118.4995222°W |
| Built | 1845 |
| Architectural style | Spanish Colonial, Basque vernacular |
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| Added to NRHP | February 24, 1971 |
Rancho Los Encinos (also Rancho El Encino and Rancho Encino) was a Spanish grazing concession, and later Mexican land granted cattle and sheep rancho and travelers way-station on the El Camino Real in the San Fernando Valley, in present-day Encino, Los Angeles County, California. The original 19th-century adobe and limestone structures and natural warm springs are now within the Los Encinos State Historic Park.
The name of the rancho derives from the original designation of the Valley by the Portola expedition of 1769: El Valle de Santa Catalina de Bononia de los Encinos, with encino being the Spanish name for Oaks, after the many native deciduous Valley Oak (Quercus lobata) and evergreen Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia) trees across the valley's savannah, which are still found on the park's property.
The natural springs on the land were used by the Tongva people. Portola camped here, and the springs were a necessary stop for travelers on El Camino Real, and the Ventura Road, which became Ventura Blvd.
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