[1][2] In 1868, Patrick Rodgers and his family moved to this area from the Sierra Nevada region to what was then a 149-acre (60 ha) farm.

Alice and James Rodgers received a 38-acre (15 ha) portion containing the house and barn which were constructed in the 1860s.

In 1915, the ranch was sold to Rollo Hough, a partner in the Luther Burbank Company, to become a demonstration farm, but because of financial difficulties it never came to be.

A few years later the property was reduced to 18 acres (7.3 ha) and remained that size until the area was developed.

This article about a property in Contra Costa County, California on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.