Jeffers built the accompanying Hawk Tower, as a retreat for his wife and sons, with his own two hands. Modeled after an English, Tudor-style barn, the cottage was originally comprised of a living room, main floor guest room, small kitchen, two attic bedrooms and one bathroom. Over the next four years, using granite boulders from Carmel Bay’s rocky shoreline, Jeffers built Tor House and Hawk Tower and made it home for himself, Una and their twin sons. He and his wife Una fell in love with the location in 1914. The idyllic stone cottage was once home to American poet Robinson Jeffers (1887-1962). Tor House is one of the most enticing attractions in Carmel, California. We must unhumanize our views a little, and become confidentĪs the rock and ocean that we were made from.” “We must uncenter our minds from ourselves
Tor House and Hawk Tower – A Poet’s Haven
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