Susana Machado Bernard House and Barn
Los Angeles, United States
Exterior only
Visible from the street; the inside is private.
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The Susana Machado Bernard House and Barn is an elaborate 10,000-square-foot Art Nouveau Gothic Revival mansion built in 1901 in the Pico Union section of Los Angeles. Designed by architect John B. Parkinson—who also designed the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Union Station, and Los Angeles City Hall—the house is distinguished by its soaring Gothic spaces, vaulted ceilings, and curved walls. Designated a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in 1979 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, it has operated as Casa Libre/Freedom House, a fourteen-bed shelter for homeless minors, primarily serving undocumented and unaccompanied immigrant children from Latin America.
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- Built
- Type
- single-family detached home
- Heritage
- National Register of Historic Places listed place, Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument
- Place
- Los Angeles, United States
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