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Landmark information
- Location:
Joaquin Miller Park, NW corner of Joaquin Miller Rd and Sanborn Dr, Oakland - Plaque:
Other Plaque - Site:
Existing - Date First Visited:
9/21/1996 - Date Most Recently Visited:
1/5/2025 - GPS Coordinates:
N 37 48.638, W 122 11.585 - Other Designations:
National Historic Landmark
National Register of Historic Places
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Joaquin Miller, "Poet of the Sierras," resided on these acres, named by him "The Hights," from 1886 to 1918. In this building, known as The Abbey, he wrote "Columbus" and other poems. The surrounding trees were planted by him and he personally built, on the eminence to the north, the funeral pyre and the monuments dedicated to Moses, General John C. Fremont, and Robert Browning. "The Hights" was purchased by the City of Oakland in 1919.