Generals Who Lived in the Santa Margarita Ranch House Maj. Gen. Graves B. Erskine Maj. Gen. Alfred H. Noble Maj. Gen. Oliver P. Smith Maj. Gen. Robert H. Pepper Maj. Gen. John T. Selden Maj. Gen. George F. Good, Jr. Maj. Gen. Reginald H. Ridgely, Jr. Maj. Gen. Alan Shapley Maj. Gen. James M. Masters, Sr. Maj. Gen. Robert E. Cushman, Jr. Maj. Gen. Lewis J. Fields Maj. Gen. Donn J. Robertson Maj. Gen. George S. Bowman, Jr. Maj. Gen. Herman Poggemeyer, Jr. Maj. Gen. Robert L. Nichols Brig. Gen. Paul G. Graham Maj. Gen. Carl W. Hoffman Maj. Gen. Stephen G. Olmstead
July 1947 July 1950 June 1951 May 1952 November 1953 April 1955 July 1957 November 1959 June 1962 July 1964 March 1967 July 1968 August 1970 January 1971 November 1973 August 1974 June 1975 July 1978
July 1950 July 1951 June 1953 August 1953 April 1955 July 1957 July 1959 March 1961 June 1964 May 1967 June 1968 August 1970 December 1971 November 1973 August 1974 April 1975 June 1978 June 1980
Forster, built Las Flores Adobe as a home for his family. After Juan Forster died in 1882, his sons sold Las Flores Adobe as part of Rancho Santa Margarita y Las Flores to Richard O’Neill and James L. Flood. The Magee family moved onto the Las Flores ranch in 1888 where Jane Magee successfully raised lima beans and became known as the “Lima Bean Queen”. When the U. S. government acquired the ranch land in 1942, Jane Magee retained a life tenancy from 1942 until the 1968 passing of the last Magee of her generation. Designated a National Historic Landmark (NHL) in 1968, Las Flores Adobe is one of a small number of surviving 19th century Monterey - Colonial style residences, a style typified by a mix of New England and Southwestern building techniques. Since 2005, staff and students from the University of Vermont’s Graduate Program in Historic Preservation have worked to reverse serious deterioration and restore the Las Flores Adobe.
Maj. Gen. Hugh W. Hardy Maj. Gen. Kenneth L. Robinson Maj. Gen. Anthony. Lukeman Maj. Gen. Robert E. Haebel Brig. Gen. Matthew T. Cooper Brig. Gen. Richard H. Huckaby Lt. Gen. Walter E. Boomer Lt. Gen. Robert B. Johnston Lt. Gen. George R. Christmas Lt. Gen. Antony C. Zinni Maj. Gen. Claude W. Reinke Lt. Gen. Bruce B. Knutson, Jr. Lt. Gen. Michael Hagee Lt. Gen. James Conway Lt. Gen. John F. Sattler Maj. Gen. Michael Lehnert
June 1980 August 1980 August 1983 July 1984 July 1987 June 1988 August 1990 September 1991 July 1993 June 1994 September 1996 May 1998 July 2000 November 2002 October 2004 August 2006
August 1980 August 1983 July 1984 June 1987 April 1988 June 1990 September 1991 June 1993 May 1994 April 1996 August 1998 July 2000 November 2002 September 2004 August 2006 September 2007
Source: Camp Pendleton Archives
The Bunk House was dedicated as a museum in 1978 with the help of Col. James Roosevelt, USMC. Today it displays early rancho historical implements, tools and artifacts. The complex of the Santa Margarita Ranch House National Historic Site was registered on the National Register of Historic Places in May 1971. 7. El Camino Real Bell: This bell is one of a series which marks the original El Camino Real or “King’s Highway”
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6. Santa Margarita Ranch House National Historic Site: Widely known simply as the “Ranch House,” the 30-acre property is located at the corner of Vandegrift Boulevard and Basilone Road and includes the Ranch House Chapel, the Bunk House Museum and the Ranch House. This site was the headquarters of the Rancho Santa Margarita y Las Flores, largest Mexican land-grant in California and served as home to the base’s commanding generals and their families from 1947 until 2007. Built with white adobe walls as thick as 9 feet, the Ranch House rooms are filled with historical artifacts from previous owners providing an interactive immersion into California and American history including the visits of U. S. Presidents from Franklin Roosevelt to George W. Bush. The Ranch House Chapel is the oldest structure on the base with an estimated date of 1810. It features nine beautiful stained glass windows constructed of Canterbury Glass. After the 1993 flood which destroyed two major walls of the Chapel, the numerous weddings, baptisms and funerals held at the Chapel inspired the local communities and the Base to rebuild it. www.oceansidechamber.com
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