2.0 COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE 2.1 The Ad Hoc Committee comprised the following Hon. The genius of the man is reflected in the granite walls of this home that he built with his own hands, this place as enduring and timeless as the poet's work. 1.2 The House established the Ad Hoc Committee following the adoption of a Private Members’ Motion moved by the Hon. Later visitors have included William Everson, Robert Bly, Czeslow Milosz and Edward Abbey.Īlmost all of Jeffers' writing was done at Tor House. is found in the house in which the couple lived and where the murder took. Vincent Millay, Langston Hughes, Charles Lindbergh, George Gershwin and Charlie Chaplin. capable of building and sustaining a research base, but it has very thin ties. Many influential literary and cultural celebrities were guests of the Jeffers family. organized assistance with daily living needs and engage in building-wide. Later, after World War II, he began work on a new wing that was eventually completed by his son, Donnan. hospitalization, post hospitalization and subsequent nursing home placement. It was completed in less than four years, a remarkable feat since Jeffers built the tower entirely by himself! He utilized wooden planks and a block and tackle system to move the stones and to set them in place.įollowing the completion of Hawk Tower, he added a dining room to the original cottage. In 1920, the poet-builder began his work on Hawk Tower - a retreat for his wife and a magic place for his sons. Oil lamps and candles were the only means of illumination until electricity was installed in 1949. Jeffers apprenticed himself to the building contractor, thus learning the art of making "stone love stone." Construction was completed in mid-1919.
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The granite stones were drawn by horses from the little cove below the house. Modeled after a Tudor barn in England, it contained two attic bedrooms, a main floor guest room, the living room, a tiny kitchen and a single bathroom.
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The house was intentionally small, set low to the ground to withstand the great storms of winter. Carmel Point, then, was a treeless headland, almost devoid of buildings.Ĭonstruction began in 1918. He called his home Tor House, naming it for the craggy knoll, the "tor" on which it was built. Jeffers named it 'Tor' house after the type of ground on which the house was situated, a rocky outcrop known as a 'tor'. He sited the house on a point of land that meets the sea like the "prow and plunging cutwater" of a ship. Tor House and Hawk Tower - Tor House Tor House and Hawk Tower - Tor House Tor House Jeffers began construction on Tor House in 1919 and with the aid of a stonemason completed it in the same year.
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Robinson Jeffers, a giant among American poets, planned the original cottage as a home for his wife, Una, himself and their twin sons.