Shiva, wtf, next, we're going to be talking about SRF Lake Shrine next and how Elvis used to go there when he was in town.
The area and surrounding hills remained undeveloped until H. Everett McElroy, assistant superintendent of construction for 20th Century Fox studios, purchased the property in 1940. Mr. McElroy, a man of creative vision, dreamed of terraced gardens surrounding the lake with rustic bridges and waterfalls creating a private coastal paradise. McElroy and his wife began work to manifest the vision, importing a double-deck houseboat from Lake Meade, building a quaint mill house with water-wheel, and erecting an authentic model Dutch windmill.
How the McElroys’ ten-acre park became the Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine is a remarkable story. In the late 1940’s Mr. and Mrs. McElroy sold the property to an oil-company president, who moved into the windmill and planned to construct a multi-million dollar resort hotel complex around the lake. Before he could proceed, however, the new owner of the property had a strange experience.
One night he had a vivid dream in which his new property was a “Church of All Religions.”