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Temple of Wings

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282: 210: 182: 1107: 40: 1117: 699: 217: 189: 297:. Boynton created a home and a dance school that reflected Duncan’s philosophies. The estate was passed down for at least four generations of the Boynton family (later known as the Quitzow and Braun family), and was last sold in 1994 to the Getty family. 293:, and their eight children. Florence Treadwell Boynton was "California's chief exponent of rhythmic gymnastics," and promoted "open air motherhood," a parenting philosophy that maximized children's outdoor time. She was a childhood friend and admirer of 561: 369:
In 2023, the Getty family announced an auction of all of the estate furnishings and art; this was following the death of Ann Getty in 2020 and the first series of 10 auctions in 2022 from their Pacific Heights estate.
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at U.C. Berkeley interviewed Sulgwynn Boynton Quitzow (the daughter of Charles and Florence) and her husband Charles Quitzow about the estate. The Temple of Wings estate was also featured in the photography portfolio
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and completed by A. Randolph Monro. It was originally designed as an open-air private home dedicated to modern and contemporary dance. It has been listed by the city as a
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Charles Quitzow And Sulgwynn Boynton Quitzow, Dance At The Temple Of The Wings, The Boynton-Quitzow Family In Berkeley
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acquired the Temple of Wings property in 1994 and furnished it with antique British and American
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From 1914 until 1985, an annual summer dance event was held at the estate called The Festival.
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Temple of Wings was originally the home of attorney Charles Calvin Boynton, his wife
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remodeled the building in 1924, after the building had caught
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It was originally designed and constructed as a Greco-Roman
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style private estate located at 2800 Buena Vista Way in the
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Charles C. Boynton House

37°52′51″N 122°15′22″W / 37.880809°N 122.256110°W / 37.880809; -122.256110
Edna Deakin
Bernard Maybeck
Berkeley Landmark
Temple of Wings is located in Oakland, California
Temple of Wings is located in California
Greco-Roman
La Loma Park
Berkeley, California
Bernard Maybeck
Berkeley Landmark
Temple of Wings (1993), area leading to courtyard
Florence Treadwell Boynton
Isadora Duncan
colonnaded
Bernard Maybeck
Arthur Randolph Monro
Edna Deakin
fire the year prior
Gordon Getty
Ann Getty
Arts and Crafts movement
Pre-Raphaelite
Regional Oral History Office
Margaretta Mitchell
List of Berkeley Landmarks in Berkeley, California
"Temple of Wings: Ann and Gordon Getty's Greco-Roman retreat in the Berkeley Hills"

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