The long and the short of it, Jack London State Park November 4th 2021
By Aidin Vaziri, Staff Writer Sep 28, 2024 - San Francisco Chronicle
A historic property in Sonoma County, once the home of literary great Jack London, is on the market for $4.95 million.
Located at 4100 Wake Robin Drive in Glen Ellen, the three-acre estate is where London in the early 20th century penned his bestselling novels “The Sea Wolf” and “White Fang,” published in 1904 and 1906, respectively.
The residence, perched where Sonoma and Graham creeks converge, was originally the site of a Native American village and one of California’s first trout hatcheries, as detailed in “A History of Wake Robin Lodge.”
Ninetta and Roscoe Eames, publishers of London’s earlier works in the San Francisco-based Overland Monthly, owned Wake Robin Lodge, when the writer arrived at the resort in 1902. London courted their niece, Charmian Kittridge, who became his second wife and “soulmate,” according to biographer Russ Kingman.
They married in 1905 and lived at Wake Robin for six years before purchasing a series of farms neighboring the resort, which they called the Beauty Ranch. The site is known today as the Jack London State Historic Park.
“When I first came here, tired of cities and people, I settled down on 130 acres of the most beautiful land to be found in California,” London said of Glen Ellen.
Photos: Jack London’s historic Wine Country home listed for $4.95 million
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