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The Court of Mysteries
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A small home wedged in the middle of a neighborhood. It's one story, not very many rooms, and oddly shaped along with towers and a weird arch that welcomes people onto the property.
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Type: Building
Status: Under Construction
Accessibility: Easy
Recommendation: check it out if you're nearby
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The place has two towers made of brick with lots of designs on them along with a large arch to welcome guests with the moon, stars, etc. Even on/in the building are very unique designs made from scraps.
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There was a guy in a trailer parked on the property. Not sure if he owns the place, he chased us off but one of us got inside to look before we left.
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Built by Kenneth Kitchen, who also went by Claire, Clarke and Clarence, the weird home is known to all in Santa Cruz as the Court of Mysteries.
Known as the "Gate of Prophesy" it once held windows through which the sun would stream, and which were lit at night. Though the windows are long gone it still holds a mysterious triangular relief, which some believe is meant to align with the temple's chimney, before a great catastrophe or even apocalypse. The well house on the property, described as crypt-like, was also once surrounded by four minarets which were smashed by sledge hammer in the 1990s. There are tales that the house, now empty except for a coating of graffiti, once held shells decorated with astrological symbols.
Even stranger is the story that during WWII, Kenneth erected a "submarine stopping device," in his yard – not a particularly crazy idea, since 10 ships on the coast of Santa Cruz were attacked by Japanese submarines and six people killed – built out of a large metal wheel with the electronics held in the well house. According to one source (an unnamed interviewee in the oft-cited The Sidewalk Companion to Santa Cruz Architecture), the device actually worked and caused problems for the US Navy.
Kenneth left Santa Cruz in 1957, and his path after that is lost to history. Local historians have traced all of his relatives, but after 1957, Kenneth, aka Claire, Clarke and Clarence Kitchen vanished from historical record. After his disappearance the house was briefly turned into a Greek Church earning the nickname the "Unorthodox Chapel." It has been abandoned since the 1990s.
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"Neighbor Robert Blitzer has investigated restoring and completing the yoga temple as a sculpture museum and adding side buildings in the same style for housing for the elderly. But the site's inflated price has been an impediment. Today, the temple's fate is uncertain."
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This location's validation is current. It was last validated by
Emperor Wang on 3/15/2021 1:24 PM.
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on Mar 15 21 at 13:24, Emperor Wang validated this location
on Mar 15 21 at 5:27, Mr. D Ralter changed the following: Status
on Dec 17 14 at 17:41, Emperor Wang validated this location
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on Jun 25 14 at 8:49, Steed validated this location
on Jun 24 14 at 18:58, Flashyfashionfraud made this location available
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