Abbey, The--Joaquin Miller House - Oakland, CA
Posted by: DougK
N 37° 48.641 W 122° 11.580
10S E 571034 N 4185116
Joaquin Miller (1841-1913) was known as the Poet of the Sierras, He has a large estate in Oakland, California that was turned in to a park after his death.
Waymark Code: WMG65N
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 01/18/2013
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From Wikipedia:
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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