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==Present==
The official Headquarters of The Augustan Society, Inc., is presently located in the home of Bruce & Marta Metcalf at 12716 Newfield Dr., in Orlando FL 32837, United StatesFlorida. Activities at this location include office work, printing, binding, shipping, storage of office supplies, maintenance of equipment, and a small stock of material for sale. Unfortunately, the space available and zoning restrictions prevent any but they to work at this location.
The mailing address of the Society is PO Box 771267, Orlando FL 32877-1267, United States. This post office is located at 1701 W Wetherbee Rd, Orlando, FL 32837, United States. (Despite different zip codes, both are served from this office.)
The Society rents four storage units at ExtraSpace Storage, 13125 S John Young Pkwy, Orlando, FL 32837, United States. The entrance is actually on Substation Road. The units are:
 
*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.
*961955, 1023×2524' — Library StorageStacks, containing both cataloged and uncataloged books and magazineson library shelving. Because the collection is larger than the available shelving, empty box some items have been packed for storage, but remain accessable on request. Some files and artifacts may be located There is room for visiting scholars here; they are being relocated as they , though accommodations are discoveredspartan.
*9861119, 1015×2515' — Library StacksOld Museum Storage, containing cataloged books and magazines on library shelving. Note that the aisles in this room contents of which are narrow (22" or 56cm), and being moved to the lighting is minimalMuseum Storage unit, thus this is not a suitable place with some being packed for study, though a table can be set up in the hallway adjacentshipping to relevant Study Groups.
*1119, 15×15' — Equipment Room, containing Once the former museum collectionmove is complete, furnitureor perhaps before that, steel storage cabinets, and some back issues and books (these are being relocated as they are found). This room is filled an additional non-climate controlled unit may be obtained to contain the door with no aisles, thus access to anything not by furniture collection and possible surplus from the door requires substantial effortold museum storage room. Due to the termination of the [[Museum]]At this point, the contents of this room are being reviewed. Much is expected to rooms 207 and 1119 will be discarded or repurposedlet go, at which point a move to a smaller room or rooms is contemplated. Many boxes stored here contain material more appropriate for the File Room or Library, and these are being relocated as they are discoveredsignificant monthly savings.
Keys or combinations to the above are held only by the Metcalfs at this time. ExtraSpace Storage has been informed that former President Charles Drake , OAE, is permitted to access our units. It has been proposed that copies Copies of the keys be made and held by the [[Legal Committee Chairman]] combinations will be distributed to members of the Board annually or some other trusted member located nearby, but this has not yet been doneas time and funding permit.
It has also been proposed that items of Society property located at the Metcalfs' home be clearly marked, and this has begun. The marking program will continue with equipment and furnishings held in storage as time and access permit.
==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 was 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 apartment 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 homhome.
===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 to store back issues and reprints.
* 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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