Grapes vines hang from arbors outside a wing of the Don Vicente de la Osa Adobe on Los Encinos Rancho, located at what is now the intersection of Ventura and Balboa boulevards in Encino. The nine-room adobe was built in 1849 by Don Vicente de la Osa on land under the jurisidiction of Mission San Fernando Rey, founded in 1797. The house partially visible in the background is the Garnier House, built in 1872 by French Basque sheepman, Eugene Garnier. The rancho was originally 4,460 acres in size, but through the years, it would slowly be taken apart, a piece at a time. In 1916, 1,170 acres of land were sold from the Rancho. This parcel was subdivided and became the city of Encino. In 1949 the last remaining parcel of land, containing the adobe, Garnier House and spring were purchased by the State of California, and the Los Encinos State Historic Park was created.
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