| Rancho Santa Fe was originally created from the Juan Osuna Ranch
back in 1906, when the Santa Fe Railroad purchased the area now
known as "The Covenant" and planted most of the 3,000,000
Eucalyptus trees to be used for railroad ties and then discovered
that the wood wasn't suited for the heavy demands of the trains.
From that point on the railroad built The Inn and divided the
Ranch into varying size parcels and proceeded to start selling
lots. The railroad hired an architect from San Francisco, by the
name of Lillian Rice who felt the area was ideally suited for
Spanish style architecture and laid out the plan for the village
as well as designing homes for some of the first settlers. Over
the years, due to extremely good architectural control "The
Ranch" is now considered one of the "Top 10" communities
in the U.S. and was rated #1 community by The Robb Report Magazine,
in a recent article. |
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