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The Centinela Adobe, also known as La Casa de la Centinela, is a Spanish Colonial style adobe house built in 1834. It is operated as a house museum by the Historical Society of Centinela Valley, and it is one of the 43 surviving adobes within Los Angeles County, California.
The Aguaje de Centinela, or Centinela Springs, was a valued source of local spring water for Rancho Aguaje de la Centinela and what is now southwest Los Angeles and Inglewood in Southern California. The spring was known to prehistoric people and animals but the name aguaje , meaning watering place, comes from Spanish–Mexican era of California ...
The Aguaje de Centinela was a spring used by Native Californians, Californios, and early Americans.. The earliest residents of what is now Inglewood were Native Americans who used the Aguaje de Centinela natural springs in today's Edward Vincent Sr. Park (known for most of its history as Centinela Park).
Historical Society of Southern California Founded in 1883, the Historical Society of Southern California (HSSC) is the oldest historical society in California. Lemon Grove Historical Society Los Angeles Conservancy , the largest membership-based historic preservation organization in the country.
Several elements of the park were built during the Great Depression. [21] The swimming pool was dedicated in 1929; [17] the cornerstone of the Veterans’ Memorial Building reads 1934. [22] The massive "History of Transportation" mural by Helen Lundeberg now at Grevillea Park was a WPA project originally installed at Centinela Park in 1939 ...
Second Empire/Victorian house with steep mansard roof built in 1872; also designated as City of Ventura Historical Landmark No. 68. [21] [22] 34: Foster Park Lion Entrance Markers: Casitas Vista Road at the east end of Foster Park Bridge: Ventura: 7/77: Two large sandstone lions erected 1908 at entrance to Foster Park, a county park 35: W. L ...
This building is a California Historical Landmark (#354). [124] Old Whaling Station: Monterey: 1847 Residence Built as a residence in 1847. Converted to the headquarters of the Monterey Whaling Company in 1855. [125] Colton Hall: Monterey: 1847–49 Government: First seat of government of the U.S. state of California. [126] Jose Joaquin Castro ...
The California Register program promotes the public acknowledgment and safeguarding of resources possessing architectural, historical, archaeological, and cultural significance. It plays a role in identifying historical resources for both state and local planning, assessing eligibility for state historic preservation grant funding, and ...