Montebello Historical Society
The Montebello Historical Society
The Montebello Historical Society and
the city of Montebello were given the deed to the Juan Matias Sanchez
Adobe by Josephine Scott Crocker on June 24, 1972
The object of the Society is to promote culture, historical
preservation, civic pride and improvement.
Societal Support and Membership
The Society's main source
of support of income includes: Membership dues,endowment interest and
fund raising activities.
Annual Membership is $15 per
person, $10 for school children and $100 for both businesses and
organizations. Those interested joining our organizations can send dues
to our address listed here.
Sanchez Adobe Museum
Our historical Juan Matias Sanchez Adobe Museum is the oldest adobe home in the Montebello area. Granted when the Secularization act of 1833 was passed bringing the disintegration of the missions, the first Grantee of the Rancho la Merced was Dona Casilda Soto de Lobo on October 8, 1844 from Mexican Governor Manuel Micheltorena. Dona Lobo and her three sons built the Adobe by 1845. These original rooms are the ones facing east and running north and south. Four families occupied the Adobe. Dona Casilda Soto de Lobo, Juan Matias Sanchez and his first and second wife (with their chilren), and the W.B. Scott family with two children Keith scoot and Josephine Scott Crocker.
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