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Headquarters

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*207, 5×5' — Furniture Room, containing same, including spare library shelving and plastic tubs.
 
*906, 10×20' — Museum Storage, containing the former museum collection. This unit presently has aisles for access, but it's unclear if these can be maintained.
*947, 7×25' — File Room, containing Society records, insignia, back issues, Order records, family history files, maps (including a large map cabinet), and equipment storage. This room is well lit, and contains a small desk.
*955, 23×24' — Library Stacks, containing both cataloged and uncataloged books and magazines on library shelving. Because the collection is larger than the available shelving, some items have been packed for storage, but remain accessable on request. There is room for visiting scholars here, though accommodations are spartan.
 
*906, 10×20' — Museum Storage, containing the former museum collection. This unit presently has aisles for access, but it's unclear if these can be maintained.
*1119, 15×15' — Old Museum Storage, the contents of which are being moved to the Museum Storage unit, with some being packed for shipping to relevant Study Groups.
==Previous==
 
Following is what's belived to be a complete listing. It is believed that during the gaps between these locations, the Society's materials were in storage.
===Villa Augusti===
Located in Daggett, California, a few miles east of Barstow, the Villa Augusti was a collection of buildings, formerly used as a home and chicken breeding station, and later as a drug manufacturing and sales location. Headquarters from _____ 31 January 1999 through April 2007.
===Boron===
 
Headquarters from March 1998 through 30 January 1999.
===Oroville===
 
Headquarters from June 1997 through March 1998.
===Sartori Avenue, Torrance===
 
Headquarters from (1986 or later) through June 1997.
===Cravens Avenue, Torrance===
The Cravens Avenue address was the Society's first public headquartersfrom November 1976 through (1986 or later). It contained the [[Library]], a few [[Museum]] items, office space, storage, the [[Chapel of the Rose]], and quite a bit of heraldic decoration. One rather suspects that a significant amount of material continuted to be stored at the San Pedro location.
===San Pedro===
The San Pedro location was the detached garage of [[Founder|Rodney Hartwell's]] home in that cityfrom July 1974 through November 1976. Because it provided isolation from his residence, it permitted volunteers to visit and contribute to the programs of the Society.
===Hermosa Beach===
The Hermosa Beach location was a very crowded spare room in the Hartwell home in that cityfrom February 1971 through January 1974. It just barely permitted of visitors, and one can imagine that storage also occupied other areas of the home.
===Faysmith Avenue, Torrance===
The Faysmith Avenue location was the boyhood home of our [[Founder]], which he shared with his mother. It was also the site of a house fire that erased much of the early history of the Society.It served as headquarters from April 1959 through November 1969.
==Future Facilities==
===Minimum Requirements===
* Work space for two more or less permanent officers (presently the Metcalfs). These would not have to be enclosed offices, but that would be a bonus. A single office or small conference room would permit of private conversations.
* Work space for two volunteers, each with a computer terminal.
* A dedicated work area for printing, binding, and packaging, including storage space for supplies.
* Space for 26 4-drawer filing cabinets (some could probably be left in storage).
* Computer space for the firewall, servers, and battery backups (with additional backup units in each work space).
* Space for four 6-foot storage cabinets, which might be used for supplies as above..* Room for a conference table to seat eight(or a small table and lectern facing 24 seats); this needed only occasionally, so space could be shared, probably with the [[Chapel of the Rose]] as was done in previous headquarters.
===Enhanced Requirements===
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