The Diego Sepúlveda Adobe , sometimes called the Costa Mesa Estancia or the Santa Ana Estancia , is an adobe structure in Costa Mesa , Orange County, California . It is the second-oldest building still standing in the county.
8-603: The adobe was built between 1817 and 1823 to house the mayordomo and herdsmen who tended the cattle and horses from Mission San Juan Capistrano to the south, in Alta California . The way-station was strategically situated on the banks of the Santa Ana River , some six leguas ( Spanish Leagues ) north of the parent mission, to overlook cattle grazing lands and the Tongva villagers of Lupukngna . It served as
16-508: A lookout post when the French privateer Hippolyte de Bouchard attacked San Juan Capistrano on December 14, 1818. By 1820 the building and its surrounding lands became an official estancia (mission station), where padres from the mission would visit regularly to bring "spiritual food" to the faithful. After the Mexican secularization act of 1833 the church lost the land and building to
24-560: Is found as French majordome , modern Italian maggiordomo , Portuguese and Galician mordomo , and Romanian and Catalan as majordom . On a few episodes of the TV sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies , the Clampetts visit a castle in England and meet the castle's majordomo, Mr. Faversham, but constantly mistake his title for his name (and mistake his name for a greeting.) In
32-417: Is the highest ( major ) person of a household ( domūs or domicile ) staff, a head servant who acts on behalf of the owner of a large or significant residence. A majordomo may also, more informally, be someone who oversees the day-to-day responsibilities of a business enterprise. Historically, many institutions and governments – monasteries, cathedrals, and cities – as well as noble and royal houses, also had
40-574: Is the second-oldest building still standing in Orange County . The Mission San Juan Capistrano 's "Serra's Chapel" is the oldest. The building then became a local history museum , operated by the Costa Mesa Historical Society. Majordomo (domestic staff) A majordomo ( US : / ˌ m eɪ dʒ ər ˈ d oʊ m oʊ / ) is a person who speaks, makes arrangements, or takes charge for another. Typically, this
48-481: The original run of the 1980's TV series Magnum, P.I. , Jonathan Higgins is sometimes referred to as the majordomo of the estate where he and Magnum live, though he typically referred to himself as the estate caretaker or estate manager. In the original run of the nighttime drama Dynasty , the majordomo of the Carrington residence is Joseph Anders, played by Lee Bergere during seasons 1–3. The character dies by
56-466: The originally Spanish, later Mexican-recognized land grant Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana . The adobe and its surrounding property, a portion of Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana, were deeded by the U.S. government to Diego Sepúlveda around 1868. He was a former alcalde of the Mexican era Pueblo of Los Angeles . The adobe, which has been restored to its original style using original construction methods,
64-522: The post of majordomo, who usually was in charge of finances. Additionally, the Hispanos of New Mexico use the related term mayordomo to refer to the manager of an acequia system for a town or valley. Also, when translated into English, "mayordomo" means butler . The origin is from maior domūs ( Latin for 'principal of the house'), and it was borrowed into English from Spanish mayordomo or obsolete Italian maiordomo . Also, it
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