Casa de Machado y Silvas

Casa de Machado y Silvas
Casa de Machado y Silvas
	Casa de Machado y Silvas
Location	2737 San Diego Avenue, San Diego, California
Coordinates	32°45′15″N 117°11′51″W / 32.7543°N 117.1976°W
Built	1832
Architectural style(s)	Adobe
California Historical Landmark
Designated	December 6, 1932
Reference no.	71
	Location of Casa de Machado y Silvas in California Casa de Machado y Silvas (the United States)

Casa de Machado, also called Casa de Machado y Silvas, is a historical adobe building in San Diego, California, built in 1832. The Casa de Lopez site is a California Historical Landmark No. 71, listed on December 6, 1932. Casa de Machado was built by José Manuel Machado, a leatherjacket company soldier of the New Spain Army, stationed in San Diego. José Manuel Machado built a house, Casa de Stewart, for his daughter Rosa. Rosa married Jack Stewart, a pilot boat operator from Maine. The Stewarts eventually enlarged the house. Carmen Stewart Meza lived in the house for some years. In the 1850s it was a commercial restaurant. The Machado y Silvas family owned the house until the 1930s. In the 1930s and early 1940s it was a rooming-house, café, art studio, and souvenir shop. In 1942, the house became a church, Machado Memorial Chapel. Casa de Machado was acquired by California State Parks in 1968, who had it restored. The Casa de Machado y Silvas house's current address is 2737 San Diego Avenue in Old Town, San Diego.^[1] ^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]