Robinson Jeffers House - Carmel, CA
Posted by: Touchstone
N 36° 32.537 W 121° 55.912
10S E 595606 N 4044628
Robinson Jeffers House, or as it is more commonly referred to, Tor House, is situated on a craggy hill overlooking the Pacific Ocean.
Waymark Code: WM4W8D
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 10/05/2008
Views: 10
In 1914, when they first saw the unspoiled beauty of the Carmel-Big Sur coast south of California's Monterey Peninsula, Robinson Jeffers (1887-1962) and his wife, Una (1884-1950), knew they had found their "inevitable place." Over the next decade, on a windswept, barren promontory, using granite boulders gathered from the rocky shore of Carmel Bay, Jeffers built Tor House and Hawk Tower as a home and refuge for himself and his family. It was in Tor House that Jeffers wrote all of his major poetical works: the long narratives of "this coast crying out for tragedy," the shorter meditative lyrics and dramas on classical themes, culminating in 1947 with the critically acclaimed adaptation of Medea for the Broadway stage, with Dame Judith Anderson in the title role.
Street address: 26304 Ocean View Blvd Carmel, CA USA 93923
County / Borough / Parish: Monterey
Year listed: 1975
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Person
Periods of significance: 1900-1924, 1925-1949, 1950-1974
Historic function: Domestic
Current function: Domestic
Season start / Season finish: From: 01/01/2008 To: 12/31/2008
Hours of operation: From: 9:00 AM To: 5:00 PM
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Privately owned?: Not Listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
|
Visit Instructions:
Please give the date and brief account of your visit. Include any additional observations or information that you may have, particularly about the current condition of the site. Additional photos are highly encouraged, but not mandatory.
Recent Visits/Logs:
There are no logs for this waymark yet. |
|
|