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Rhoda May Knight Rindge, (b. 1864, d. 1941), [1] also known as May Rindge [2] or May K., was an American businesswoman. She was known as the Queen of Malibu [3] [4] as well as the Founding Mother of Malibu [5] and L.A.'s first high-profile female environmentalist. [3] She was the first woman to serve as president of a railroad company.
Frederick and wife Rhoda May Knight Rindge's daughter, Rhoda Agatha, commissioned Malibu's Adamson House with her husband, Merritt Adamson. The Rindge family fortune has been valued at US$700 million in 2016 dollars accounting for inflation [8] and were close friends of the Roosevelt family. [9]
Malibu Potteries was founded by Rhoda May Knight Rindge in 1926. [2] A fire devastated the company 30 September 1931, and the company closed in 1932. Tile designs included influences the styles of Moorish , Egyptian , Mayan and Saracen cultures.
Frederick Rindge and his wife, Rhoda May Knight (1864–1941), went to Los Angeles in 1887, when it was still a frontier. There, he was successful in various business ventures, including founding the Conservative Life Insurance Company and the Los Angeles Edison Electric Company. [8] Rindge became one of the wealthiest men in the state.
Dec. 1—ROCHESTER — An agreement with Mayo Clinic provides Rochester with 100 public parking spaces at the western end of the future Link Bus Rapid Transit system. The agreement being reviewed ...
In 1887 Rindge married 22-year-old Rhoda May Knight (1864–1941) of Michigan. They moved to Wilshire and Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica and then built a home at 2263 Harvard Boulevard in Los Angeles, known today as the Frederick Hastings Rindge House; weekends and summers were spent at their Malibu estate. [18]
Rhoda Agatha Rindge Adamson (April 20, 1893 – April 2, 1962) also known as Rhoda Agatha Adamson or simply Rhoda Adamson, was the co-founder and secretary-treasurer [1] of Adohr Farms and Adohr Dairy & Creamery, one of Southern California's largest and most successful dairies.
After the death of her husband, Rhoda Rindge Adamson continued to live in the house until her own death in April 1962. [4] After her death, her heirs announced plans to build a $10–12 million "deluxe Waikiki -type beach resort" on the 13-acre (53,000 m 2 ) site, while preserving the house as an art and history museum.