Joaquin Miller Cabin

Not to be confused with Joaquin Miller House.
Joaquin Miller Cabin
Joaquin Miller Cabin is located in the District of Columbia
Joaquin Miller Cabin
Joaquin Miller Cabin is located in the United States
Joaquin Miller Cabin
LocationNear Picnic Grove 6 on Beach Drive, N.W. in Rock Creek Park, Washington, D.C.
Coordinates38°57′50″N 77°02′47″W / 38.96402°N 77.04633°W / 38.96402; -77.04633
Built1883
ArchitectJoaquin Miller
Architectural styleVernacular
Part ofRock Creek Park Historic District (ID91001524[1])
Designated CPOctober 23, 1991

The Joaquin Miller Cabin is an historic structure situated in Washington, DC's Rock Creek Park. Built by the American poet, essayist and fabulist Joaquin Miller, it represents the only known example of late 19th century Rustic-style log cabin in Washington, D.C.[2] It is a Classified Structure within Rock Creek Park.[3]

  1. ^ "NPS Focus". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Archived from the original on July 25, 2008. Retrieved March 29, 2010.
  2. ^ http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/rocr1/hrs.pdf Rock Creek Park: Historic Resource Study, By William Bushong (1990), United States Department of the Interior/National Park Service, page 170–171.
  3. ^ "Rock Creek Park; Miller Cabin" Archived 2012-08-04 at the Wayback Machine, List of Classified Structures, National Park Service