- Title
- Adobe Centinela, Inglewood, California
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- Creator
- Weinstein, Lee
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- Description
- Exterior view of the Centinela Adobe.
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- Format Extent
- 1 postcard : Color ; 9 x 14 cm.
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- Subject
- Adobe houses--California--Inglewood; Historic buildings--California--Inglewood
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- Note
- Centinela Adobe is one of Inglewood's earliest buildings, built in 1834 by Ignacio Machado on what was then a 25,000 acre ranch called Rancho Aguaje de la Centinela. After passing through several owners' hands after Machado, the Centinela Ranch was bought by Robert Burnett of Scotland who expanded the ranch home, installing wood floors and a kitchen. Burnett later leased the Ranch to Catherine Freeman, wife of Inglewood founding father Daniel Freeman (1837-1918)" Daniel Freeman purchased the property after Catherine's death and had a failed attempt at developing the property into a commercial venture. However, in 1887 the land near Rancho Centinela was surveyed, and in 1888 the town began developing under the Centinela-Inglewood Land Company, of which Freeman was a director. In 1908 Inglewood was incorporated as part of the city of Los Angeles. During the 1920s Inglewood grew rapidly, quickly developing a large part of Los Angeles.
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- Collection
- Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection
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- Type
- ["Postcards"]
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- Geographic Location
- Inglewood (Calif.)
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- Language
- eng
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