Don Domingo Carrillo used local Chumash Indians labor to build the house.

From 1849 to 1862 Covarrubias was a member of the California State Assembly, then served as a Judge.

[2][3][4][5] The Covarrubias families owned and lived in the home till 1910.

Southworth was a historian and author of history books on Los Angeles, San Diego, Baja California and Santa Barbara.

In 1938 he sold the house to Los Rancheros Visitadores, a riding club for $15,000.

Ownership and use changed and many times, In World War II, it was the British War Relief Society, then a Chamber of Commerce, then the office for the Santa Barbara National Horse and Flower Show.