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Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site

  • Also Known As: Eugene O'Neill House
  • Also Known As: Tao House
  • Address: Kuss Road
  • Vicinity: 1.5 mi W of Danville
  • Hours: Closed for tours Mondays - Thursdays
  • Phone: (925) 838-0249
  • Travel Genus: Sight , Visit
  • Sight Category: Museums
  • Activity Category: Tour

O'Neill in California

America's only Nobel Prize winning playwright, Eugene O'Neill, chose to live in Northern California at the height of his writing career. Isolated from the world and within the walls of his 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. - NPS


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Eugene O'Neill Significant name
Confer,Frederick Architect
1937/00/00
1944/00/00

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Particulars for Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site:
Sight Category Building
Architectural Style Chinese Style
Area of Significance Literature
Level of Significance National
Criteria Person
Historic Use Secondary structure
Historic Use Single dwelling
Owner State



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 6th May 1971

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Tao House
Registry Address: 1.5 mi. W of Danville
Registry Number: 71000137
Resource Type: Building
Owner: State
Architect: Confer,Frederick
Architectural Style: Other
Attribute: Pseudo-Chinese
Area in Acres: 158
Contributing Buildings: 2
Contributing Structures: 1
Other Certification: Designated unit of the National Park Service, Designated National Landmark
Certification: Listed in the National Register
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Literature
Applicable Criteria: Person
Criteria Consideration: Significance of less than fifty years
Period of Significance: 1925-1949
Significant Year: 1937, 1944
Associated People: O'Neill,Eugene
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-Function: Single dwelling, Secondary structure
Current Function: Domestic
Current Sub-Function: Single dwelling Secondary structure

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