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Jack London State Historic Park
Historic house in California, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jack London State Historic Park, also known as Jack London Home and Ranch, is a California State Historic Park near Glen Ellen, California, United States, situated on the eastern slope of Sonoma Mountain. It includes the ruins of a house burned a few months before Jack London and family were to move in, a cottage in which they had lived, another house built later, and the graves of Jack London and his wife. The property is both a California Historical Landmark and a National Historic Landmark.
Jack London Ranch | |
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Nearest city | Glen Ellen, California |
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Coordinates | 38°21′2″N 122°32′35″W |
Area | 47.5 acres (192,000 m2)[1] |
NRHP reference No. | 66000240 |
CHISL No. | 743 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | October 15, 1966[2] |
Designated NHL | December 29, 1962[3] |
Designated CHISL | July 5, 1960[4] |
The Jack London home, called the Wolf House, is a sizable stone structure, which was destroyed by fire and whose ruins are visible within the state park property. The sloping terrain of the park has a considerable occurrence of Goulding clay loam soils, particularly in the lower reaches.[5]