Susana Machado Bernard House and Barn

Coordinates: 34°3′15″N 118°16′44″W / 34.05417°N 118.27889°W

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Susana Machado Bernard House and Barn
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 208

Susana Machado Bernard House and Barn, 2008
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Location	845 S. Lake St., Los Angeles, California
Coordinates	34°3′15″N 118°16′44″W / 34.05417°N 118.27889°W / 34.05417; -118.27889
Built	1901
Architect	Parkinson, John
Architectural style	Gothic Revival-Art Nouveau
NRHP reference No.	79000482^[1]
LAHCM No.	208
Added to NRHP	September 4, 1979
Designated LAHCM	1979-01-17^[2]

Susana Machado Bernard House and Barn is an elaborate 10,000-square-foot (930 m²) Art Nouveau Gothic Revival style mansion and carriage house located in the Pico Union section of Los Angeles, California.^[3] Built in 1901, the house was designed by architect John B. Parkinson (1861–1935). Parkinson also designed the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Union Station and Los Angeles City Hall.^[4] Noted for its Gothic style with soaring spaces, the house has vaulted ceilings and curved walls.^[4] In 1979, it was designated a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument (HCM #208),^[5] and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The property was purchased in 1996 by the Center for Human Rights & Constitutional Law. Since 2002, the house has been operated as the Casa Libre/Freedom House, a fourteen-bed shelter for homeless minors.^[4]^[6] In May 2003, the Los Angeles Times profiled the shelter, noting the following: "Casa Libre/Freedom House occupies a newly renovated mansion near MacArthur Park. Registered as a state, county and federal historic site, the home's gothic facade rises elegantly from the corner of South Lake Street and James M. Wood Boulevard.^[7] The shelter arranges for schooling, counseling, and medical care for undocumented and unaccompanied immigrant children, mainly from Latin America.^[7]

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
^ "Designated Historic-Cultural Monuments | Office of Historic Resources, City of Los Angeles". Archived from the original on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2011-10-03.
^ Ellen Melinkoff (1986-02-16). "Old Home Week". Los Angeles Times.
^ ^a ^b ^c "History of Freedom House Project". Center for Human Rights & Constitutional Law, Inc.
^ Los Angeles Department of City Planning (2007-09-07). "Historic - Cultural Monuments (HCM) Listing: City Declared Monuments" (PDF). City of Los Angeles. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
^ "Casa Libre - Freedom House: Overview of the Program". Center for Human Rights & Constitutional Law, Inc.
^ ^a ^b Hilda M. Munoz (2003-05-23). "GOOD TURNS; Giving Shelter to the Most Vulnerable Children; Immigrant youths -- undocumented and alone -- find help in the middle of Los Angeles". Los Angeles Times.

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