La Purísima Concepción Los Flores Adobe Hill House Ell End of the Table << >> Los Flores Adobe Kings Road Facade History & Architecture The Las Flores adobe was built in 1865 by California pioneer Marco Forster on Rancho Santa Margarita, near the San Pedro Estancia, a sub-mission between San Luis Rey and San Juan Capistrano on the Camino Real. It is one very few remaining examples of the Mexican-Spanish colonial rural vernacular 'hacienda' style in California. The exterior circulation via an open 'corredor' around a u-shaped courtyard, is typical of this style. In addition, elements of the 'Monterey' style appear in the main block with its first floor wrap round balcony and gabled roof. Thanks to its inclusion in the Camp Pendleton Maine Headquarters, the setting for the Las Flores adobe is largely intact. It stands in rolling hills covered in coastal chaparral much as it always has. The rancho once raised cattle and lima beans, but all agricultural activities have ceased. The building was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1968.