Jack London State Historic Park

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
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Nearest cityGlen Ellen, California
Coordinates38°21′2″N 122°32′35″W
Area47.5 acres (192,000 m2)
NRHP reference No.66000240
CHISL No.743
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 15, 1966
Designated NHLDecember 29, 1962
Designated CHISLJuly 5, 1960

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.

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