Pio Pico State Historic Park

Pío Pico State Historic Park features one of southern California’s few remaining 19th century structures made out of the massive sun-dried mud blocks called adobe. The home was the estate of Pío de Jesus Pico IV, the Governor of California in 1832 and 1846 while it was under Mexican control. The structure, which operated as a luxury hotel - Pico House - was once part of a nearly 9,000 acre property.