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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 ]
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Adamson was born Rhoda Agatha Rindge, the middle child of Rhoda May Knight Rindge and Frederick Hastings Rindge, [11] transplants to California from Michigan and Massachusetts, respectively. The family lived in Santa Monica as well as a Victorian mansion in Malibu Canyon, on the Rindge's 13,315-acre ranch.
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. Many of the tile designs were geometric.
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 ]
The Royal Ascot has a strict dress code: men must wear "a full morning suit with waistcoat and either a black or grey top hat at all times," and women need to wear hats, and dresses that cover ...
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.