Ysidro Reyes, son of Juan Francisco Reyes, acquired half of the Mexican Land Grant called the Rancho Boca de Santa Monica (present day Santa Monica Canyon, the Pacific Palisades, and parts of Topanga Canyon).
The Ysidro Reyes adobe was built on the Rancho Boca de Santa Monica, a Mexican land grant owned by Ysidro Reyes (1813-1861) and Francisco Marquez (1798-1850).