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Alwun House Gallery and Gardens

Alwun House Foundation is a non-profit arts organization with a 30+ year tradition celebrating our community's rich cultural diversity.

Born 1871 in Germany, John Sedler immigrated and became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1896. He purchased this property in 1910 and was a merchant, owner of Owl Drug store (and salon depending on era). 1912 advertisements for the store in the Arizona Republican bragged "free motorcycle delivery." A map by O.A. Turney of Phoenix shows "Sedler's Addition" bounded by 12th to 13th Street and Roosevelt to Diamond Streets. Built in 1912, John Sedler's house was set on 5-acres and looking out on alfalfa fields to the south of Roosevelt Street. "We stuck out like a sore thumb" said John Sedler's daughter, "no sidewalks, nothing." The house occupies the northeast corner of 12th Street and Roosevelt.

Architecturally and historically it is significant by its age and massive proud manor. The house draws directly from the "Bungalow Style" while using detailing more common to Colonial or Mission, blending into a Territorial vernacular developed in this region. This blend of styles and its exceptional size relative to the "Bungalow Style" (typically one story) makes the building architecturally significant. The house originally used a solar hot water system visible on the roof in the adjacent picture, (1929, daughter & suitor). The Sedler's resided there until 1948, when Earl Brown and his family made it their home. In 1971, Alwun House founders purchased the dilapidated property and began their rehab & retrofit efforts.

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  Alwun House Gallery and Gardens

  1204 East Roosevelt
  Phoenix, AZ 85006

  Phone: (602)253-7887

  Fax: (602)271-4868

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• Upcoming Events

  02/13/09- 03/13/09	Exotic Art Show 27
  02/20/09	Erotic Poetry & Music Festivus
  03/07/09- 03/08/09	Art Detour
  03/13/09	Exotic Spring Rites Ball
  03/20/09- 03/27/09	Salon des Enfants
  04/04/09- 04/24/09	Art Awakenings
  05/01/09- 05/22/09	May Day! May Day!

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• Past Events

  12/05/08- 12/31/08	Gift and Collectable Art Show
  11/13/08	Civic Engagement and Revitalization in Garfield
  11/08/08- 11/21/08	Light House at Alwun House
  10/31/08	Monsters Ball
  10/10/08- 10/31/08	Monsters Menagerie
  09/12/08- 10/03/08	Emergence
  09/12/08	37th Season Downtown Arts Party
  06/13/08	Masquerade Ball
  05/09/08- 06/06/08	Parachute
  04/18/08- 05/02/08	Kitsch, Cats and Knickknacks
  04/18/08	Celebrate Traditional Rockabilly and Roots Music
  04/04/08- 04/11/08	Downtown Kids Art Show and Benefit: 13th Annual Salon des Enfants
  02/08/08- 03/14/08	Exotic Art Show 25
  02/08/08	25th Exotic Art Show Preview Cabaret Party
  12/08/07- 12/22/07	Artist Alley Saturday Interludes
  11/30/07- 12/23/07	Local Gift and Collectable Sale
  11/09/07- 11/23/07	Abstract Expressionism - Steven Mark Glatt
  10/27/07	Monsters Ball
  10/12/07- 11/02/07	8th Annual Monsters Menagerie
  09/21/07- 10/05/07	Garfield Arts Renascence
  05/11/07- 06/01/07	Lost and Found
  04/13/07- 05/04/07	J.T. Sikorski: True to My Roots, A Gemini Dream
  03/30/07- 04/06/07	11th Annual Salon des Enfants
  03/16/07	Spring Ball
  02/16/07	Erotic Poetry and Music Festivus
  02/13/07- 03/16/07	24th Exotic Art Show
  12/08/06- 01/05/07	Art Awakenings Benefit and Gift Sale
  11/10/06- 12/01/06	35 Years/35 Artists
  10/28/06	Monsters Costume Ball
  10/13/06- 10/31/06	Monsters Menagerie
  09/08/06- 10/06/06	Exquisite Nature
  03/24/06	Alwun House Art Detour Kickoff
  03/10/06	Exotic Rites of Spring Dance
  02/24/06	Erotic Poetry & Music Festivus
  02/17/06	Sex Workers Art Show Tour
  02/10/06- 03/10/06	Exotic Art Show
  02/10/06	Exotic Art 23 Sneak Preview Spectacular
  12/10/05	Victorian Style
  12/09/05	Art Awakenings Benefit
  11/18/05- 12/02/05	The Art of Divine Sex
  10/29/05	Monsters Ball
  10/14/05- 11/04/05	Monsters Menagerie
  10/14/05- 11/04/05	Monsters Menagerie
  10/07/05	Retro-Art Rocks at Alwun House
  09/16/05	Party Like It's 1950
  05/07/05- 05/28/05	Salon des Enfant - Artlink First Friday May
  04/29/05	Koko! The Island Adventures of Miss Koko Neufchatel - Final Luau Spectacular!
  04/08/05- 04/24/05	Koko! The Island Adventures of Miss Koko Neufchatel
  03/11/05	Exotic Dance of the Muse
  02/18/05	Erotic Poetry and Music Festivus
  02/11/05- 03/11/05	Exotic Art Show 22
  12/10/04	Art Awakenings Benefit