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Tao House. After winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in November, 1936, Eugene and Carlotta O’Neill moved to the San Francisco Bay Area. There, they decided they needed a quiet environment in which Eugene could write with good weather and access to doctors. The pair took the $40,000 prize money from Eugene’s Nobel Prize and purchased 158 ...
- Honoring The Legacy of Eugene O'Neill | Eugene O'Neill Tao House
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- The Eugene O'Neill Foundation | Tao House | Danville, CA
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- Honoring The Legacy of Eugene O'Neill | Eugene O'Neill Tao House
The establishment of Eugene O’Neill National Historic Site is justified by two reasons. First, the site is needed to commemorate Eugene O’Neill, one of the greatest writers in American literature. Eugene O’Neill lived in Tao House from 1937 to 1944, and wrote his most brilliant playwrights. Preserving Tao House will provide public ...
- Frederick Confer
- 1937
- 158.6 acres (64.2 ha)
- Kuss Road, Danville, California
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Apr 2, 2021 · Tao House is a two-story Spanish Hacienda style historic home, custom built for the O’Neills in 1936 and furnished with Asian decor. On this self-guided tour, you can learn about O’Neill’s work and life, and also explore the historic landscape: a beautiful courtyard, historic swimming pool, orchards and the Old Barn, where the O’Neill ...
May 19, 2022 · Of all the places Eugene O'Neill called home during his restless life, Tao (pronounced "Dow") House was the one that held him longest, the refuge where he wrote his last plays. In early 1937, he and Carlotta were living in a San Francisco Hotel. "No roots. No home," Carlotta wrote as they searched for a place to live.
Interestingly, the seven year Tao House period was the longest period of time that Eugene O'Neill ever lived in one place. With a critical shortage of workers due to the war effort, the O'Neill's lost their cook and Freeman, their driver. O'Neill had no way to get to and from his weekly physician appointments.
