Filoli

The three words cast under the name are the name. Bourn built his credo into it: fight for a just cause, love your fellow man, live a good life, the first two letters of each key word giving Filoli. The bronze casts the words and never says so. It credits Willis Polk, Arthur Brown and Bruce Porter, and leaves out Isabella Worn, who chose the plants for the Bourns and kept working with the Roths for decades. The lower plaque is why you can walk in: Lurline Matson Roth gave the place away in 1975.

What the plaque says

This property was given by Mrs. William P. Roth and family to the National Trust for Historic Preservation in October 1975. Filoli Fight - Love - Live This country estate was begun in 1915 for Mr. and Mrs. William B. Bourn, II. Architect Willis J. Polk designed a modified Georgian style country house. Subsequently the carriage house and garden pavilion were executed by Arthur Brown. The formal gardens were created by Bruce Porter. In 1937 the estate was acquired by Mr. and Mrs. William P. Roth. California Registered Historical Landmark No. 907 Plaque placed by the State Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation with the National Trust for Historic Preservation and with the Filoli Center, July 21, 1980.

Where it stands

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