Gregorio Crespin built a two-room adobe house here between 1720 and 1750, the core of what is also called the Van Stone House. This adobe structure began life as a two-room house built by Gregorio Crespin between 1720 and 1750. Imagine those early rooms, their adobe walls and simple footprints, then follow the house forward in time: in 1867 it was expanded to include five rooms and a portal, adding a sheltered transition between inside and out.
Then, when the Van Stone family rented the house in 1914, it was enlarged further to twelve rooms, a testimony to generations adapting the home to new needs. The house's evolution is visible in the varied lines and additions of the adobe shell. In 1975 the property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places; that listing included two contributing buildings, affirming its layered history.
Stand close enough to feel the history in the adobe, and let your hands imagine the change from two rooms to twelve. The portal dates to 1867, and the adobe walls of 132 E. De Vargas St. hold every change from two rooms to twelve.