Joaquin Miller House

Infobox_nrhp | name =Joaquin Miller House
nrhp_type =nhl


caption =
location= Oakland, California
locmapin = California
lat_degrees = 37
lat_minutes = 48
lat_seconds = 45
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 122
long_minutes = 11
long_seconds = 8
long_direction = W
area =
built =1886
architect= Joaquin Miller
architecture= No Style Listed
designated= December 29, 1962cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=111&ResourceType=Building
title=Joaquin Miller House |accessdate=2007-11-17|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = October 15, 1966cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Local
refnum=66000204

Joaquin Miller House, also known as The Abbey and The Hights, in Oakland, California was the home of poet Joaquin Miller. The property includes a monument to the poet Robert Browning, a monument to Moses of the Bible, a monument to explorer John C. Fremont and a funeral pyre intended, but not used, for Miller. Each was built by Miller.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1962.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/66000204.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Joaquin Miller House (The Abbey) / The Abbey] |263 KB|date=September 23, 1976 |author=James Dillon |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/66000204.pdf Accompanying 10 photos, exterior, from 1975 and undated.] |1.78 MB]

It is located at Joaquin Miller Road and Sanborn Drive in Oakland.

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