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Hugo Reid and his wife, Victoria, built this house for his 13,319-acre Rancho Santa Anita; local Native American tribesmen provided the labor for erecting the dwelling; Reid was a Scotsman (born in Inverness) who changed his name in 1837 when he converted to Catholicism, to "Don Perfecto." Reid converted to Catholicism to marry his wife and obtained Mexican citizenship in 1839 in order to receive a Mexican land grant; Reid's step-son, Felipe, occupied this house and supervised operations of the estate from here, while his father split his time here and at his wife's estate, Uva Spina, near the San Gabriel Mission. A later owner, Joseph Rowe, bought Rancho Santa Anita and the Hugo Reid Adobe in 1854 for $33,000. Rowe spent $6,000 to renovate and upgrade the adobe building, particularly necessary after a large earthquake hit the area in 07/1855. In 03/1858, Rowe sold Rancho Santa Anita to Joseph Rowe sold the rancho at a loss to a San Franciscan, William H. Corbitt and a Los Angeleno, Albert Dibblee, for $16,645, about $17,000 less than he paid. These owners began the sub-division of the estate in 1861, selling 2,000 acres to Leonard J. Rose, a German-born rancher and proprietor of "Sunnyslope Farms."

In 2008, the Hugo Reid House was located on the 127 acres of the Arboretum of Los Angeles County; tel: 626.821.3222 (2008);

Restoration by the State of California of the Reid Adobe began in 1958. The restoration process was long and complex, as there had been so many comprehensive alterations to the building; work finished on 05/05/1961.

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