Pío Pico State Historic Park
Los Angeles / SoCal
parks
At a glance
- Size
- 5.5
- Established
- 1917
parks detail
- Hook
- The adobe home of Mexican California's last governor, in Whittier
- More
- Pico's El Ranchito adobe survived floods, earthquakes, and freeway construction — the last governor of Mexican California died here in 1894, his fortune gone. Restored rooms interpret his remarkable arc from Afro-Mexican soldier's son to governor to LA hotel builder.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 33.988, -118.081