Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site

Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site

Infobox_nrhp2 | name =Tao House
nhl=yes
nhs = yes


caption = Tao House in spring
location = Kuss Road, Danville, California
lat_degrees = 37
lat_minutes = 49
lat_seconds = 28
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 122
long_minutes = 1
long_seconds = 47
long_direction = W
locmapin = California
area =13 acres (0.05 km²)
built =1937
architect= Frederick Confer [http://www.nr.nps.gov/Red%20Books/71000137.red.pdf NPS Redbook] ]
architecture=
visitation_num = 3,652
visitation_year = 2005
added = May 06, 1971
established_nhs = October 12, 1976
designated_nhl = July 17, 1971 [http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceID=1074&resourceType=Building NHL Summary] ]
governing_body = National Park Service
refnum=71000137cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

The Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site, located in Danville, California, preserves Tao House, the hillside home of America's only Nobel Prize-winning playwright, Eugene O'Neill, where he and his wife lived from 1937 to 1944 [http://www.nr.nps.gov/writeups/71000137.nl.pdf NHL Writeup] ] . At this home, O'Neill wrote his final and most memorable plays: "The Iceman Cometh", "Long Day's Journey Into Night", and "A Moon for the Misbegotten".

The house was saved from demolition in the early 1970s by the Eugene O’Neill Foundation through several fundraising efforts, including benefit performances of Eugene O’Neill’s play "Hughie" featuring Jason Robards. Through their efforts, Tao House was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1971, a National Historic Site in 1976, and passed into the management of the National Park Service in 1980.

Archive

The Foundation maintains an archive of Eugene O'Neill-related material at Tao House (including photographs, playbills, manuscripts, posters, and O'Neill's original phonograph record collection) and sponsors events such as productions of O'Neill plays, staged in the adjacent barn.

Visiting the house

The Site occupies 13 acres accessible via car only by private road, so advance reservations are required to visit: private vehicles are not allowed, and transportation to the park is provided by a twice-daily free shuttle from Danville, Wednesdays to Sundays. Reservations are required. [ [http://www.nps.gov/euon/planyourvisit/feesandreservations.htm Reservation page for Tao House] ]

The National Park Service does not publish the address of the property however Tao House is located on Kuss Road in Danvile, CA and there is a locked gate that prevents vehicle traffic to the site. Trails from Las Trampas Regional Wilderness also lead to the site and reservations are recommended to those arriving for a tour via horseback or on foot.

References

External links

* [http://www.nps.gov/euon/ Official Park Service site]
* [http://www.eugeneoneill.org/ Eugene O'Neill Foundation]


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