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The Comandancia and Padre's Quarters





The Comandancia

The Comandancia
The Comandancia of the Presidio
Reconstructed in 1992, this adobe building was originally built by the Spainish in 1787 for the Santa Barbara Presidio commandant. It served as the headquarters for Comandante Felipe de Goicoechea and the next two commandants.
This portion of the presidio consisted of four rooms: the office or oficina, the entrance or zaguán, the living room or sala, and the bedroom or recamara which was torn down when Santa Barbara Street was constructed. Following 1812, the year that this comandancia was damaged by an earthquake, it was converted into a storage room and the commandants moved their quarters across Santa Barbara Street.


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Padre's Quarters

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