The Neighborhood Church Offering Guided Tours for Doors Open Peninsula

The Neighborhood Church occupies the former mansion of a Los Angeles department store owner, John Joseph Haggarty. Completed in 1928, it was designed as an Italian Renaissance villa by Armand Monaco with 15,000 sq. ft. of living area and 32 rooms. It was landscaped by the Olmsted Brothers. Haggarty owned the home only 5 years and sold it in 1933 due to financial problems. After several owners, The Neighborhood Church purchased the property for $60,000 in 1950.

Visitors will have docent led tours of the building with spectacular views of the Santa Monica Bay.