Joaquin Miller House
Oakland, United States
Exterior only
Visible from the street; the inside is private.
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The Joaquin Miller House, also known as The Abbey, stands in Joaquin Miller Park in the Oakland Hills. Built in 1886 by the poet Joaquin Miller himself, this crude, vaguely Gothic Victorian structure served as his residence until his death in 1913. Miller was among the nation's first poets to write about the American Far West, and the property—which includes several idiosyncratic monuments of his creation—reflects his distinctive aesthetic vision. Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1962, the house remains an important cultural landmark commemorating a pioneering voice in American western literature.
Architect
Movement
- Built
- Type
- historic house
- Heritage
- National Register of Historic Places listed place, California Historical Landmark
- Place
- Oakland, United States
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