The adobe is located on Boronda Road, northwest of Salinas, California.

Boronda who was the grantee of Rancho Rincon de Sanjon, a 2,230-acre (9.0 km2) Mexican land grant in present-day Monterey County, California given in 1840 by Governor Juan B. Alvarado to José Eusebio Boronda.

[4] The Monterey County Historical Society (MCHS) acquired the Boronda Adobe in December 1972, from Marguerite (Earl) Wilson.

Today it operates as part of the Boronda History Center.

[4] The registration for the Jose Eusebio Boronda Adobe as a California Historical Landmark dates back to March 15, 1974.