Centinela Adobe
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Centinela Adobe is a museum that is dedicated to Daniel Freeman. The adobe structure is the oldest building in the area, completed in 1834 by Ignacio Machado. It is called the Birthplace of Inglewood.
Machado used it as his headquarters for the 2,200 acre (9 km²) Rancho Aguaje de la Centinela, named for the Centinela Spring which still flows nearby. Machado owned it only briefly, and then it passed through many hands before finally being purchased by Daniel Freeman in 1885. Freeman became a partner in the land firm that subdivided the ranch for the town of Inglewood, after his hometown in Canada.
The museum is located within the borders of the Westchester district of Los Angeles on 7634 Midfield Ave, a residential street abutting the 405 Freeway. It is open only on Wednesdays and Sundays from 2 to 4 PM. The residence has period furniture and artifacts from the late 1800s, and the land office building from the same period is located next door.
[edit] External links
- LAokay.com: Centinela Adobe
- Centinela Adobe--Early History of the California Coast--A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary
- Maps and aerial photos
- Street map from Google Maps or Yahoo! Maps
- Topographic map from TopoZone
- Aerial image or topographic map from TerraServer-USA
- Satellite image from Google Maps or Microsoft Virtual Earth
