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Twin Oaks (Chinese: 雙橡園; pinyin: Shuāng Xiàng Yuán) is a 17-acre estate located in the Cleveland Park neighborhood in Washington, D.C., United States.It was the residence of nine Republic of China ambassadors to the United States before the United States broke off diplomatic ties with the Republic of China on Taiwan in 1979.
Another book from the 1980s, Living the Dream, by Ingrid Komar (the mother of a member at the time the book was written), also discusses Twin Oaks' history. [25] About half a dozen dissertations and a dozen master's theses have been written about the community, as well. [26] In 1998, the Washington Post Magazine did a cover story on Twin Oaks. [5]
A native of Seattle, Washington, Kinkade helped found Twin Oaks in 1967, when she was in her mid 30s, after a career as a "bored secretary" and a brief stint at a cooperative house in Washington, D.C. In the 1970s, Kinkade left Twin Oaks to move to Missouri to help found East Wind Community, an offshoot of Twin Oaks. [1]
Twin Oaks (Wyoming, Ohio), listed on the NRHP in Ohio; Twin Oaks (Washington, D.C.), listed on the NRHP in Washington, D.C. Twin Oaks Plantation, a house on the National Register of Historic Places near Eutaw, Alabama; Stark's Twin Oaks Airpark, A privately owned, public use airport in Hillsboro Oregon
The property, originally part of a larger estate, "Twin Oaks", was bought in 1888 by Gardiner Greene Hubbard, founder of the National Geographic Society, and named "The Causeway". His daughter Mabel married Alexander Graham Bell and inherited the property, which she sold to James Parmelee, a Cleveland financier. Parmelee hired Charles Adams ...
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Acorn was established in 1993 as a spin-off of the Twin Oaks Community. [2] [3] In the early 1990s, Twin Oaks reached its population capacity, leading to increased demand from prospective members. To address this, Twin Oaks members founded Acorn on a 75-acre farm located approximately seven miles from Twin Oaks. [citation needed]
The Foundation for Intentional Community (FIC), formerly the Fellowship of Intentional Communities then the Fellowship for Intentional Community, provides publications, referrals, support services, and "sharing opportunities" for a wide range of intentional communities including: cohousing groups, community land trusts, communal societies, class-harmony communities, housing cooperatives ...