General Plan Update - City of Inglewood

5.5 Historical and Cultural Resources
› Resources and districts designated as city or county landmarks pursuant to a city
or county ordinance when the designation criteria are consistent with California
Register criteria
Local
Although there is no established local register, different historic resource surveys have
been completed for Inglewood in order to identify individual buildings and places of
historic/architectural significance, and determine the potential for a historic district.
These surveys were prepared according to the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for
preservation, planning, identification, evaluation, and registration of historic resources.
Each surveyed property was assigned a National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)
Status Code. These codes were developed by the California Office of Historic
Preservation and are standardized throughout the state. They rate buildings according to
their level of historical significance, ranging from National Register eligible to local
landmark eligible to not historically/architecturally significant.
It is important to note that properties that are not listed or not eligible to be listed on the
National Register of Historic Places, may still be considered historical for the purposes of
applying the CEQA to a proposed project that could have an adverse impact on these
properties, depending on the results of analysis performed at the time the project is
evaluated.
• Existing Conditions—Historic Resources
Important historic resources which exist in Inglewood today, as shown in Figure 5.5-1
include the following:
Listed in the State and National Register:
The Centinela Adobe House: Birthplace of
Inglewood. The oldest house in Centinela Valley. Built
in the 1830s by Ignacio Machado, it has been owned
by a Civil War General, a Scottish Baronet and Daniel
Freeman, founder of Inglewood, whose land office
was relocated to the property. This property is located
on 7634 Midfield Avenue and is used as a museum
today. It is a California State Historic Landmark, and is
listed on the National Register of historic places.
The Centinela Springs: Listed as a landmark under
the National Register of historic places; the bubbling
springs once flowed from their source in a deep water
basin which has existed continuously since the
Pleistocene Era. Prehistoric animals, Indians, and early
Centinela Adobe House
The Centinela Springs
City of Inglewood General Plan Update Technical Background Report
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