The original Adobe is gone, but the current homeowner renovated the house to reflect the Rancho history.

The Rancho is now the present-day cities of the Palos Verdes Peninsula, as well as portions of San Pedro and Torrance.

In 1784, the Spanish Crown deeded Rancho San Pedro, a tract of over 75,000 acres (300 km2), to soldier Juan José Domínguez.

Domínguez died in 1809, and in 1810 the executor of his will, Manuel Gutiérrez, granted permission to then 17-year-old Sepúlveda to herd livestock in the southwestern reaches of Rancho San Pedro.

Dolores went to Monterey to settle his land title, but on his return trip in 1824 he was killed in the Chumash revolt at Mission La Purísima Concepción.