Los Cerritos Ranch House

Infobox_nrhp | name =Los Cerritos Ranch House
nrhp_type =nhl


caption = Los Cerritos Ranch House
location= 4600 Virginia Road, Long Beach, California
locmapin = California
lat_degrees = 33
lat_minutes = 50
lat_seconds = 11
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 118
long_minutes = 11
long_seconds = 40
long_direction = W
area =
built =1844
architect= Unknown
architecture= Other
designated= April 15, 1970cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=897&ResourceType=Building
title=Los Cerritos Ranch House |accessdate=2007-10-13|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = April 15, 1970cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=70000135

Los Cerritos Ranch House, also known as Rancho Los Cerritos or Casa de los Cerritos, in Long Beach, California, was "the largest and most impressive adobe residence erected in southern California during the Mexican period". Los Cerritos means "the little hills" in English.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1970.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/70000135.pdf National Survey of Historic Sites and Buildings: Los Cerritos Ranchhouse] |320 KB|date=February 6, 1967 |author=Charles W. Snell |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/70000135.pdf Accompanying 7 photos, exterior, from 1968.] |952 KB]

It is listed at 4600 Virginia Road in NPS sources, and 4600 American Road in HABS source, in Long Beach.

Rancho Los Cerritos Historic Site is a public museum open for tours, programs and events on Wednesdays through Sundays. There is a visitor center with exhibits about the site's history from Native American times to the present. The center also features a 3,000 volume California history research library and a gift shop. The Friends of Rancho Los Cerritos support the museum and its activities.

ee also

*Los Cerritos Neighbohood

References

External links

* [http://www.rancholoscerritos.org/ Rancho Los Cerritos] - official site
* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.ca0208 Casa de los Cerritos (4600 American Road, Long Beach, CA): 12 photos, 5 drawings, and 2 data pages] , at Historic American Building Survey