Working as an apprentice to Murphy, Jeffers learned the art of making stone love stone. Murphy was well-known for his stonemasonry skills as his company had built many of the early homes and businesses in and around Carmel. Murphy and the two men began construction on Tor House in 1918. Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/thecra19/public_html/wp-content/themes/bungalowchildtheme/header.php:2) in /home/thecra19/public_html/wp-content/plugins/iq-block-country/libs/blockcountry-checks.php on line 134įorbidden - Users from your country are not permitted to access this site. Jeffers hired himself out to local contractor M.J. Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/thecra19/public_html/wp-content/themes/bungalowchildtheme/header.php:2) in /home/thecra19/public_html/wp-content/plugins/iq-block-country/libs/blockcountry-checks.php on line 132 Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/thecra19/public_html/wp-content/themes/bungalowchildtheme/header.php:2) in /home/thecra19/public_html/wp-content/plugins/iq-block-country/libs/blockcountry-checks.php on line 131 He called his home Tor House, naming it for the craggy knoll, the 'tor' on which it was built. He sited the house on a point of land that meets the sea like the 'prow and plunging cutwater' of a ship. Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/thecra19/public_html/wp-content/themes/bungalowchildtheme/header.php:2) in /home/thecra19/public_html/wp-content/plugins/iq-block-country/libs/blockcountry-checks.php on line 130 Robinson Jeffers, a giant among American poets, planned the original cottage as a home for his wife, Una, himself and their twin sons. House refuses to use his office because it has new carpet. Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/thecra19/public_html/wp-content/themes/bungalowchildtheme/header.php:2) in /home/thecra19/public_html/wp-content/plugins/iq-block-country/libs/blockcountry-checks.php on line 129 Drama Mystery A ten-year-old boy begins screaming in pain, but nobody knows why, because he is autistic and cannot explain. Tor House: The Handcrafted Stone Cottage of Poet Robinson Jeffers | The Craftsman Bungalow