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Tor House Robinson Jeffer's home in Carmel Calif.

Tor House

Robinson Jeffers began construction on Tor House in 1918 and with the aid of a stone mason completed it in 1919. Jeffers named it "Tor" house after the type of ground on which the house was situated, a rocky outcrop known as a "tor". He described the land he chose as the site for the house as being like a "prow and plunging cutwater” of a ship. The Carmel area's influence in Robinson Jeffers' work becomes apparent in his poems such as his work “The Purse Seine,” a poem about the local fishing industry. He lived out the rest of his life in Tor House, while continuing to add on to it. His routine was to work on his poetry in the mornings and to work on his building projects, such as Hawk Tower and expanding Tor House, in the afternoons. ~Wikipedia ~

875 Salt Cedar

Welcome to our home on Fripp Island, South Carolina

Back in 1995, we came across Fripp Island accidently. We had planned to vacation on Hilton Head, but there was no room at the inn. Well, nothing we could find quickly and at a reasonable price when turing up in the middle of July. Somebody mentioned Fripp Island, we called, rented a Tennis Villa and have been coming back, pretty much every year, ever since.

Our children grew up here and our eldest son proposed to his (future) wife here.

To make the story short, we bought some land here in 1999, never built a house on it and, in 2012, decided to buy a house instead. Thus we came to own 875 Salt Cedar Lane that October.

We've updated the house since that time and have, like the prior owners, continued to share the wonderful Fripp experience.

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Hawk Tower at Tor House.The header graphic image used with this template is from photo by Pat Geary. The photograph was taken at Tor House, Carmel California June 2009. You can substitute your own image for the masthead but you will need to make sure the image is wide enough to fill the space. Class style rules are included to float your images right or left or center them on the page.

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