The Trabuco Adobe - The Oldest Adobe Outside of Capistrano in OC?
The Trabuco Adobe was likely one of the earliest outposts of Mission San Juan Capistrano. Notice the oak along the creek to the left, and “Old Saddleback” faintly visible above the right side of the adobe. Notice, too, the far left portion of the adobe that was added later, with the original front triangular entrance still visible just to the right of the tree. The Trabuco Adobe The Oldest Adobe Outside of Capistrano in OC? Mission San Juan Capistrano is the most famous historical site in Orange County. For tourists, the mission is seemingly confined to the mission’s extant buildings in the city of San Juan Capistrano, which are also the oldest in the county. But during the mission era the mission had dominion over territory throughout Orange County. County wanderers sometimes run across sites far from the mission that were once connected to it. One of the best known is the Trabuco Adobe site in O’Neill Park. The Trabuco Adobe was one of Mission San Juan Capistrano’s primary ou...