Abbey, The--Joaquin Miller House - Oakland, CA - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

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Joaquin Miller was the pen name of the colorful American poet Cincinnatus Heine (or Hiner) Miller (September 8, 1837 – February 17, 1913), nicknamed the "Poet of the Sierras".

The Hights, the Oakland home Miller built at the end of his life, is currently known as the Joaquin Miller House and is part of Joaquin Miller Park. He planted the surrounding trees and he personally built, on the eminence to the north, his own funeral pyre and monuments dedicated to Moses, General John C. Frémont, and the poets Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. The Japanese poet Yone Noguchi began his literary career while living in the cabin adjoining Millers' during the latter half of the 1890s. The Hights was purchased by the city of Oakland in 1919 and can be found in Joaquin Miller Park. It is now a designated California Historical Landmark. Miller Middle School was also named after him.

Street address: Joaquin Miller and Sanborn Drive Oakland, California USA County / Borough / Parish: Alameda County Year listed: 1966 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Person, Joaquin Miller Periods of significance: 1900-1924, 1875-1899 Historic function: Domestic, Recreation And Culture Current function: Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Recreation And Culture Privately owned?: no Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] National Historic Landmark Link: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed

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