Robert Stacy-Judd: Krotona Institute of Theosophy (Ojai, Calif.)

Theosophy was a religion that began in the United States in the late 1800s as a mix of esoteric Spiritualism, occult influences, and adaptation various Asian religions. The Krotona Institute started in the Beechwood Canyon area of Los Angeles in 1912, and included structures designed by Mead and Requa, and Arthur and Alfred Heinemen. By 1924, the Los Angeles area had become too crowded, and the Krotona Institute moved to Ojai, a small town about 75 miles northwest. Robert Stacy-Judd was commissioned to build a large number of buildings including an administration building, library, lecture hall, and bungalows for the members. Designed in the Spanish Colonial Revival style with white stucco walls and red tile roofs, the buildings blended in with the overarching style of the town of Ojai.

Robert Stacy-Judd, architect
R.H. Stone, photographer

Robert Stacy-Judd papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara

1924-1927

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