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Don Abel Stearns House

Adobe buildings and structures in CaliforniaDemolished buildings and structures in Los AngelesHouses completed in 1838Houses in Los AngelesSource attribution
Portrait of a drawing of Abel Stearns, ca.1840 1860 (CHS 1805)
Portrait of a drawing of Abel Stearns, ca.1840 1860 (CHS 1805)

Don Abel Stearns House (El Palacio) was located in Los Angeles, California, US. His home was at the southeast corner of Main and Arcadia streets. Here he built a substantial, wide spreading adobe surrounding a large courtyard. The house was a one-story adobe, and covered the entire ground occupied by the block, with an extensive "patio" or inner court in the center. When the outer gates were closed, this was a citadel capable of withstanding a siege. The residence was on the site of what became the Baker Block; and it was for many years, both before and after the change of government, a prominent social center for Southern California. Abel Stearns was married to Arcadia Bandini de Stearns Baker, and it was at this home that the famously beautiful daughters of Don Juan Bandini (Arcadia, Josefa, and Ysidora) entertained their wide circle of acquaintances from San Diego and Santa Barbara at grand balls and other social functions characteristic of life in Spanish countries. Here Commodore Jones in 1842, and Captain Fremont in 1846 and 1847, and other distinguished historical figures at various periods were hospitably entertained.

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Don Abel Stearns House
Arcadia Street, Los Angeles Downtown

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El Pueblo Lot 1

Arcadia Street
90012 Los Angeles, Downtown
California, United States
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Portrait of a drawing of Abel Stearns, ca.1840 1860 (CHS 1805)
Portrait of a drawing of Abel Stearns, ca.1840 1860 (CHS 1805)
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