Occasionally you will hear a local activist refer to the "Trilogy", meaning three historic architectural treasures located in Northeast Los Angeles: The Southwest Museum, El Alisal (Charles Lummis' personal residence) and Casa de Adobe.
The Casa de Adobe is a reconstruction of a pre-1850s Spanish California hacienda. It was built not a as home, but as a museum for the Hispanic Society; it was designed by the office of architect Theodore Eisen and completely hand-built by local adobe craftsman Jose Velazquez.
The Casa was completed in 1918. It was deed to the Southwest Museum in 1922 when the Hispanic Society disbanded.
This remarkable landmark is not generally open to the public.
It is currently being used for special museum events only. Visitors may, however, view the Casa through the L.A. Conservancy's Highland Park walking tour, which takes place every other month*** or annually in December for the community Las Posadas.
***The next Highland Park Walking Tour is scheduled for Saturday, August 30th, 10:00 am - 12:30 pm. Tickets are $5 and $10 and can be purchased here.
The Walking Tours are Sponsored by the Los Angeles Conservancy, and are held every other month. Next upcoming tours are scheduled 10/25/08 and 12/20/08 http://www.laconservancy.org/tours/tours_main.php4#holiday
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Cheryl - I got to tour Casa once with a group of cub scouts (I was the den chief). Don't remember much about it since that was probably in 1960 or 1961. I do remember it was a hassle keeping track of about 10 cub scouts though. I like the old construction picture.