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Local poet Robinson Jeffers built this rugged-looking castle on the Carmel coast in 1919. He named it Tor House (26304 Ocean View Ave., 831/624-1813, www.torhouse.org, tours Fri.–Sat. 10 a.m.–3 p.m., $7), after its rocky setting, and added the majestic Hawk Tower a year later.
The granite stone structure exists today as an example of the Carmel ethos that Jeffers embodied and as a monument to his work and poetry.
© Liz Hamill Scott from Moon California, 2nd Edition
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