Allied Arts Guild was founded in 1928 and is a complex of artist studios, shops, restaurant, and gardens in

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and is used as a venue for both public and private events. It is run by the Allied Arts Guild Auxiliary to provide funds for uncompensated care and special projects at the

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History

In 1928, wealthy art lovers Delight and Garfield D. Merner of Hillsborough bought of land at the edge of Menlo Park to create a center for craft production, having been inspired by craft guilds they had seen in Europe. They worked closely with architect

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and artist

Pedro Joseph de Lemos Pedro Joseph de Lemos (25 May 1882 – 5 December 1954) was an American painter, printmaker, architect, illustrator, writer, lecturer, museum director and art educator in the San Francisco Bay Area. Prior to about 1930 he used the simpler name Ped ...

to design a

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-style complex, re-using some of the old farm buildings on the property. The Merners’ goals were "to provide a workplace for artists; to encourage the crafting of handsome objects for everyday use; and to support all peasant or folk art, especially that of early California."Allied Arts Guild History
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was the Guild's photographer of record and took the first interior and exterior photographs shortly after the buildings were completed. Some of the tiles and objects of art used to decorate the walls were brought from Spain, Tunis and Morocco. Additional tiles, mosaics and frescoes were executed by the de Lemos family and

Maxine Albro Maxine Albro (January 20, 1893 – July 19, 1966) was an American painter, muralist, lithographer, mosaic artist, and sculptor. She was one of America's leading female artists, and one of the few women commissioned under the New Deal's Federal A ...

. The logo was designed by Pedro eLemos, who served as the Guild's first president from 1930 to 1932, then as vice president in 1932-33. In 1932, the Merners' interest in the Stanford Home for Convalescent Children (now Lucile Packard Children's Hospital) prompted them to invite its Palo Alto Auxiliary to provide lunch service at Allied Arts Guild for the benefit of the Home. The Merners retired from active operation of Allied Arts Guild in 1935 and leased the complex to the Home's Senior Auxiliary. The Allied Arts Guild Auxiliary now operates the complex in support of the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford. The Guild premises were renovated in 2004 at a cost of $8.5 million to meet current earthquake standards and to repair structural problems. Replacements for broken roof tiles were produced by hand to match the original tiles.

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Allied Arts Guild website
Gardens in California American artist groups and collectives Organizations based in the San Francisco Bay Area Buildings and structures in San Mateo County, California Tourist attractions in San Mateo County, California Menlo Park, California 1928 establishments in California

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