Built 1886 CHISL # 107 Area 6 ha | NRHP Reference # 66000204 Opened 1886 | |
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Address Joaquin Miller Rd, Oakland, CA 94602, USA Similar Anza House, Point Reyes Lifeboat, Hubert H Bancroft Ranch H, Bank of Italy Building, Peralta Home | ||
Joaquin Miller House, also known as The Abbey and The Hights, in Oakland, California, United States was the home of poet Joaquin Miller.
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Joaquin Miller
From 1886 to his death in 1913, Joaquin Miller resided on a hill in Oakland, in a home he called "The Hights". He planted the surrounding trees and he personally built, on the eminence to the north, his own funeral pyre (not used) and monuments dedicated to Moses, explorer 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.
Landmark
The Hights was purchased by the city of Oakland in 1919. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1962. The simple Victorian style house is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966.
The Joaquin Miller House is located within Joaquin Miller Park, at Joaquin Miller Road and Sanborn Drive in the Oakland Hills.