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This illustration shows the Peacock Fountain on the grounds of the Adamson House.
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http://bloomingrosemusings.blogspot....in-malibu.html
The Adamson House was once the only home along the 27 mile-long beach of Malibu.
![](http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/540/DrOfkw.jpg)
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Designed by Stiles O. Clements, the Adamson House was built by Rhoda Rindge Adamson, and her husband Merritt Huntley Adamson in 1929.
Rhoda Rindge Adamson was the daughter of May Rindge and Frederick Hastings Rindge who at one point owned all of Malibu.
Here's the location of the house and grounds. (the photograph is dated 1976)
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A more recent aerial.
![](http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/673/eKFi7Z.jpg)
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Here'a a detailed look at the grounds (at high tide)
www.wodcityofangels.com
Physically failing after a horse riding accident, Merritt Adamson committed suicide in the bathhouse in 1949 (labeled
M on the map).
The Peacock Fountain (that I mentioned earlier) is labeled
Q.
The following are construction photographs from 1929.
![](http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/540/nz4FHL.jpg)
Adamson House Foundation
![](http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/537/OVAdmW.jpg)
Adamson House Foundation
![](http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/909/YYvuQQ.jpg)
Adamson house Foundation
![](http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/674/Ttcsvj.jpg)
Adamson house Foundation
Peacock Fountain
![](http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/910/iktZkZ.jpg)
Adamson House Foundation
...and in the early 1930s.
![](http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/907/TZrlNa.jpg)
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out door fireplace
![](http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/912/42hbWe.jpg)
![](http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/540/Yx4GPm.jpg)
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Outdoor doggy bathtub decorated in beautiful Malibu Tile
![](http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/540/PHcCii.jpg)
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-colorful kitchen (also in Malibu tile)
http://bloomingrosemusings.blogspot....in-malibu.html
Neptune Fountain (
C on the map)
http://www.mygola.com/adamson-house-museum-p6216
There's even a WWII era relic on the grounds. The Coast Guard used the bathhouse/poolhouse as a lookout during the war.
![](http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/538/DjNCKX.jpg)
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The swimming pool had special plumbing to allow either fresh water or salt water.
![](http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/661/LXOmYU.jpg)
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interior
How the Adamson House looks today.
![](http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/913/bEFwlo.jpg)
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www.adamsonhouse.org
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