Ortega Adobe
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Located on Main Street near Downtown Ventura, visitors will find this historic adobe house built in 1857 by Emigdio Ortega.
In 1897, the Ortega family began fire-roasting chiles in the adobe’s kitchen and founded the Ortega Chile Packing Company which was the first commercial food operation of its kind in the state of California.
The family’s chili sauce is still available in markets today, and in 1974 the Ortega Adobe became the City of Ventura’s Historic Landmark No.2.
(Please note: Service to the Ventura-Downtown / Beach Station is via Amtrak Codeshare trains, which are identified in the Metrolink schedule with an “A” in front of the train number. Passengers purchase and use a Metrolink ticket; however, travel is on an Amtrak Pacific Surfliner train. There are two daily Codeshare round-trips available.)
- Nearest Station
- Ventura - Downtown / Beach
- Address
- 215 W Main St.
Ventura, CA 93001 - Phone
- (805) 658-4726
- Website
- https://www.cityofventura.ca.gov/1750/Ortega-Adobe
Take Metrolink via Amtrak Codeshare service to Ventura-Downtown / Beach Station
Head north toward E. Harbor Blvd. and walk 0.6 miles to your destination
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