Galindo-Leigh House

The Galindo-Leigh House is a historic house in Campbell, California. It was built in the 1830s for Juan Crisostobal Galindo, who became the Major Domo of the Mission Santa Clara a decade later. Galindo expanded the house in the 1840s.[2] It was purchased by John D. Gueraz in 1857, and by Delicia Leigh, in 1874.[2] Leigh was an aristocrat whose father, Alexander Leigh, who was a surgeon, had treated Napoleon.[2] The property has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since August 22, 1980.[1]

Galindo-Leigh House
The house in 2012
Location140 South Peter Drive, Campbell, California
Coordinates37°17′06″N 121°55′21″W
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1830 (1830)
NRHP reference No.80000857[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 22, 1980

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