Centinela Adobe
Centinela Adobe was built in 1834 by Ygnacio Machado on a knoll overlooking the Centinela Valley. It served as his base of operations for Rancho Aguaje de la Centinela. In 1844, he traded the rancho for a small tract in the Pueblo of Los Angeles. The rancho passed through several hands before being purchased by Robert Burnett, a Scottish Baron’s son, who added wooden wings at either end of the adobe in the 1860s. Burnett increased his land holdings before returning to Scotland in 1873. He leased the ranch to Daniel Freeman who exercised his option to buy it in 1885. Freeman amassed a fortune farming barley, olives, lemons, limes, and almonds and named his expansive land holding Inglewood, after his birthplace in Ontario. The adobe is now operated as a house museum by the Historical Society of Centinela Valley. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Inglewood, Los Angeles County
Photographer: Andrew Schmidt