Jensen Alvarado Ranch

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Coordinates: 33°59′35″N 117°25′08″W / 33.993°N 117.419°W / 33.993; -117.419 (Jensen Alvarado Ranch)
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Cornelius Jensen Ranch
Jensen Alvarado Ranch House in 1870
Jensen Alvarado Ranch is located in California
Jensen Alvarado Ranch
Jensen Alvarado Ranch is located in the United States
Jensen Alvarado Ranch
LocationJurupa Valley,
Riverside County,
California, USA
Nearest cityRubidoux, California
Coordinates33°59′35″N 117°25′08″W / 33.993°N 117.419°W / 33.993; -117.419 (Jensen Alvarado Ranch)
Built1870
Architectural styleDanish vernacular
NRHP reference No.79000519
CHISL No.943
Added to NRHPSeptember 6, 1979

The Jensen Alvarado Ranch is a historic park and museum in

Inland Empire.[4]

History

The

Californio Mercedes Alvarado soon thereafter.[5] After the Great Flood of 1862, most of the town was destroyed with the exception of the cemetery, the chapel, and Jensen's store.[6] Some years later, Jensen bought a part of the Rubidoux ranch.[7] Jensen and Alvarado bought land in Agua Mansa in 1865.[2]

They built their Danish vernacular style home between 1868 and 1870 on a ranch of 300–400 acres (120–160 ha).[5] Jensen built his home on this land using traditional bricks, having learned from the 1862 flood that adobe bricks dissolve in water.[5] Their home, which served as the area's general store, post office, and stage stop, was built next to the town's chapel.[8] The ranch, valued at one time at approximately $30,000, was the second-most valuable in Riverside County.[4]

Architecture

The home's architectural style, Danish vernacular, reflected Jensen's

Californio. The house was the first kiln-fired brick building in the county. It was also one of California's first clay brick buildings,[9] and it used clay found on the ranch itself. The rock foundation and the lime used in the mortar were from a Jensen's quarry north of the house. The wood for the house beams came from the San Bernardino Mountains.[10] The house has high ceilings, but only one closet.[5]

There are several other brick buildings on the ranch, including a winery, which now serves as a museum.[9]

Agriculture

In addition to apricot and orange orchards, growing wheat, and raising sheep on the Agua Mansa ranch, the Jensens had another 400 acres (160 ha) in Temecula. While Riverside was a temperance city, the Jensen's Agua Mansa ranch, on the other side of the Santa Ana River, had a vineyard; 2,000 US gallons (7,600 L) of wine were produced and sold each year.[5]

Landmark

The ranch and home are part of the 32 acres (13 ha) Jensen Alvarado Ranch Historic Park and Museum,[9] an 1880s living history interpretive museum administered by Riverside County Parks.[11] Tourists are led by interpreters, dressed in period clothing, who demonstrate butter churning and cooking tortillas.[10]

The property is a registered California Historical Landmark (Cornelius and Mercedes Jensen Ranch, No. 943)[2] and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 6, 1979. It is notable for the architecture, and agricultural development of the time, as well as Jensen's settlement here, and his career in government.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Jensen, Cornelius, Ranch (added 1979 - Building - #79000519)". nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
  2. ^ a b c "Cornelius Jensen Ranch". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved 2012-10-11.
  3. ISBN 978-0-7385-4764-0
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  4. ^ a b Henderson, Monique R. (January 16, 2010). "Jensen-Alvarado Ranch house gives glimpse of 1800s". The Press-Enterprise. Retrieved 10 December 2010.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ a b c d e Summons, Trevor (2010-08-21). "Ranch offers rich look at past". The Sun. San Bernardino Sun. Archived from the original on 4 December 2010. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
  6. ^ "The Agua Mansa Pioneer Cemetery California State Historical Landmark #121". co.san-bernardino.ca.us. San Bernardino County Museum. Archived from the original on 18 March 2011. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
  7. ISBN 0-8047-4020-8
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  8. ISBN 0-7385-2901-X
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  9. ^
    ISBN 0-89997-411-2
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  10. ^ a b "Jurupa Valley Landmarks". Riverside County Transportation & Land Management Agency. Riverside County Planning Department. Archived from the original on June 25, 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
  11. ^ "Jensen Alvarado Ranch". riversidecountyparks.org. Retrieved 11 December 2010.

Further reading

  • Lech, Steve (2011). More Than a Place To Pitch a Rent: The Stories Behind Riverside County's Regional Parks. Riverside, CA: Steve Lech. p. 150.
    OCLC 768249467
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