artifacts. This was an important room because it symbolized the Indian concept of the ritualistic prayer room. A large comfortable kitchen, Cabot's personal office, a foyer and several storage areas comprise the reaming rooms of the first floor.
The second floor was designed primarily for Portia's use and includes a small kitchen, sitting room, entertainment room with piano, bedroom and bath. From her apartment, she could ascend to another portion of the Pueblo, her private meditation tower. The staircase has a duel use in that it also contains the equipment and pulley system required to service the well. Cabot made certain Portia had both hot and cold running water. The balance of the second floor contains the art work of Cabot and his friends as well as curious and relics collected throughout the years. It's separated from Portia's quarters by a very small, unusually shaped passageway.
The third floor is a single large room with open windows running the length to offer a compete view of Mt. San Jacinto, Mt. San Gorgonio and the Little San Bernardino Mountains. This room was used to hold metaphysical and theosophical classes.
It is estimated that the basic construction of the Pueblo took Cabot seven years and a total of 23 years continuous building before he died, leaving it yet unfinished. For twenty years, Cabot and his wife Portia worked and created pictorial, verbal and mental images of their lives at the Pueblo. Cabot died in 1965 at the age of 83 after spending more than 52 years working to make the desert a better place to live-for him, for others.