La Casa de Estudillo

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The Casa de Estudillo, also known as the Estudillo House, is a historic adobe house in San Diego, California, United States. It was constructed in 1827 by José María Estudillo and his son José Antonio Estudillo, early settlers of San Diego, and was considered one of the finest houses in Mexican California. It is located in Old Town San Diego State Historic Park, and is designated as both a National and a California Historical Landmark in its own right. The Casa de Estudillo is one of three National Historic Landmarks in Southern California that were closely tied to Ramona, a novel of Californio life shortly after the American acquisition of California; the other two are Rancho Camulos and Rancho Guajome. The large building is a U-shaped structure, measuring 113 feet (34.4 m) on the front side, and 98 feet (29.9 m) on each of the wings. It is constructed in the Spanish Colonial style, meaning that the house's 13 rooms are set consecutively in the building and connected only by an external covered corredor (as opposed to an interior hallway). The main portion (the center) contains the entrance, facing west. To its left is the chapel and to its right is the schoolroom. Both rooms originally were smaller, with bedrooms located at the ends of building, but a 1910 restoration eliminated those walls to enlarge the rooms. Two bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen (which was added at a later date), and the servants' dining room are in the north wing, while the south wing has three bedrooms and the family dining room. The house is topped by a cupola from which bullfights and festivals in the adjacent plaza could be seen. The museum gives a good perspective on how a farmstead was setup and lets you walk through the house and see room by room how living was. Nice placards explain the rooms and times.

One of the largest structures in old town San Diego worth exploring. This former house has been well laid out to take you back in time on what it was like back in the 1800s. There is a great timeline of the family who lives there, as well as many unique items that are on display. Two of the rooms we found most interesting were the office/study and the formal dining room. The latter of which you don't invesion in a west coast setting and something you see more back east.
Visited on
Weekend
Wait time
No wait
Reservation recommended
No
Price for adult entry
Free

Wonderful little museum located in Old San Diego. While everything is not original, it is all accurate for the period. There are alters, a small little church gathering place, restored bedrooms, the dining room, and the kitchen facilities. In addition there's also immaculately kept. It only takes about 15 minutes to see it all but it's definitely worth the time.
Visited on
Weekday
Wait time
No wait
Reservation recommended
No
Price for adult entry
Free

Captain Jose Estudillo from Spain, started building the house in 1827. Approximately in the year of 1850, the Estudillo's left the house and then John Spreckels of San Diego Electric Railway Company, bought it and rebuilt it. His intent for it, had been to be a tourist attraction, and to be located at the end of a street car line. The rooms are very nice, and I love the flooring. What if more colorful plants could be planted within the courtyard landscape?

If you get here early before the rest of the weekend crowd, you can get good EVPs during daylight hours. I have gotten 3 on two different trips here. Please be respectful if you do this. I am no professional ghost hunter by any means, so the fact I got 3 EVPs is impressive. This house is very haunted, dare I say competes in activity with the Whaley House down the road.

If you’re going to old town this place is a must. It is really cool to see homes used to look. I really enjoyed seeing the oven and the kitchen and bedrooms. There was a little bit of construction going on while I was there so I didn’t get to see everything, but it looked really cool.

Interesting place to have a point of view of a rich house-ranch in South California. the rooms show furnitures and tools from the nineteenth century. It's a free open air museum, one of the few non-shopping activity to do in the Old Town San Diego.

Ramona the novel fans beware. If you are halfway thru the book but you are geeking out on some Ramona tourism - there’s a not proven but not disproven link to the book (and a proven link to the author) - there is a Ramona SPOILER on display here!

Beautifully preserved site right in the heart of Old San Diego. Great example of the Spanish area. This specific site is right by Washington Square so it is centrally located to all the shops at Old Town, making the visit easy and fun.

After what seems like years of renovations, we're delighted each time we're in old town and see La Casa de Estudillo open. Inside is one of the more beautiful historic San Diego courtyards and a favorite spot for photos.

Wow!!!! Que hermosa y preservada casa antigua al recorrerla sientes las historia del pasar de los años para los mexicanos se siente la nostalgia por su arquitectura me encanto esta casa