La Casa de Estudillo will be closed beginning February 17th for restoration of the interior adobe walls. This project is solely funded by the Boosters of Old Town State Park. BOOT applied for and received the 2021 NSDAR Historic Preservation Grant of $6,000 - the only such grant awarded in California. BOOT put in $30,000; 8 interior rooms were restored. There is funding in the 2022 BOOT budget ($22,000) to complete the other 3 rooms. The 2022 work will begin in March; in fact the adobe is currently closed to prepare the rooms for the work.
While work is being completed, you can explore La Casa de Estudillo virtually by using the QR code below or visiting https://www.oldtownsdshpvirtualtour.com/#Estudillo_15.
Dear Boosters of Old Town, It was good to see historic preservation as a priority at Old Town San Diego State Historic Park. Please also consider future funding projects to repair the broken window covered by a wooden board at the Old Mason Schoolhouse, and to repair and re-paint the damaged northwest adobe wall of the the Casa de Machado y Stewart. Please also check and correct the McCoy House Museum exhibit signs on the walls. For example, the "Map of the Historic Ranchos of San Diego County, California" needs some Spanish spelling correction for "Penasquitos Creek" [sic], which should include the tilde over the "N", and the "Creek" should be a "River" (It is one of the eight majo…