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Black House (San Francisco, California)

USA / California / San Francisco / San Francisco, California / California Street, 6114
 church, place with historical importance, historical layer / disappeared object
The Black House is a building that formerly stood at 6114 California St. in San Francisco, California, in the United States. Though the building is sometimes referred to as a mansion, photographs of the building taken just before its destruction show that it was a moderately sized single family home, considerably smaller than the two small apartment buildings on either side of the property. According to public records, it was listed at 2,205 square feet (204.9 m2) and constructed in the year 1905.

The house was used by Anton LaVey as the headquarters of his Church of Satan from 1966 until his death in 1997. LaVey conducted Satanic seminars and rituals at the house; one of the most notorious such rituals was the Satanic baptism of his daughter Zeena Schreck in 1967, punctuated by LaVey speaking the words "Hail Satan!" over the nude body of a female acting as the 'Satanic Altar'.

Public ceremonies were performed at the house until 1972. LaVey lost ownership of the house in 1991 as the result of a court settlement resulting from his separation from Diane Hegarty, but LaVey was allowed to reside at the Black House until his death.

Following LaVey's death, members of the Church of Satan unsuccessfully attempted to raise funds to repurchase the house, and it was demolished on October 17, 2001. A duplex now stands in its place.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_House_(Church_of_Satan)
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Coordinates:   37°47'3"N   122°29'0"W

Comments

  • john smithson (guest)
    church of satan are idiot!! go to hell LAvEy!!!! burn youselves in HELL!!! you deserve it!!!!!pathetic !!
  • danielk (guest)
    Wonder what his mother thought about it all.
  • vampfreak (guest)
    woo! satan! =D soo.... did "john smithson" think about being an idiot? ----- "satan are idiot" hmm... are idiot? really?
  • The Man Downstairs (guest)
    I believe that john smithson should to learn to speak the English language properly if he is going to call a group of highly intelligent people idiots.
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