Alviso Adobe Community Park, Historical adobe building in Pleasanton, United States

Alviso Adobe Community Park is a 7-acre park in Pleasanton built around an 1854 adobe house erected by Francisco Alviso on Rancho Santa Rita land. The adobe, furnished as in the 1920s, stands beside a replica of the Meadowlark Dairy and displays on Ohlone culture. The city opened the park on October 25, 2008, after a $4.4 million project begun in 2007.

Francisco Alviso built the adobe in 1854 on Rancho Santa Rita, an 8,894-acre Mexican land grant given to Jose Dolores Pacheco in 1839. The Alviso family farmed 200 acres there until the 1880s. In 1919 Walter M. Briggs bought the property and started Meadowlark Dairy, the first certified dairy in California; the adobe housed his workers until 1969.

The adobe structure displays furnishings from the 1920s that show how families lived and worked in California farming communities. Visitors can see the rooms and objects that reveal daily routines and domestic life from that era.

The park is set on Old Foothill Road with walking trails that are easy to navigate and ample areas for sitting and picnicking. The visitor center operates on specific days, so checking ahead ensures you can see the displays and learn from staff.

The 1954 California Historical Landmark plaque #510 credited the adobe to Francisco Solano Alviso and placed John C. Frémont there after a battle; a 2000 report found the building had been confused with Pacheco's earlier adobe, and the marker was removed. A current plaque gives 1854 and a circa-1900 photo of a tenant family.