page_title: John Muir National Historic Site
section_title: Mansion
hierarchical_section_title: John Muir National Historic Site / History / Mansion
caption_attribution_description: John Muir House, Martinez, California, USA. As seen in 1900 with the orchards of Dr. John Theophile Strentzel and John Muir in the background. Original caption: 1. Historic American Buildings Survey Photograph Original 1900 - Recopy 1960 GENERAL VIEW FROM SOUTH HABS CAL,7-MART,1-1
context_page_description: The John Muir National Historic Site is located in the San Francisco Bay Area, in Martinez, Contra Costa County, California. It preserves the 14-room Italianate Victorian mansion where the naturalist and writer John Muir lived, as well as a nearby 325-acre tract of native oak woodlands and grasslands historically owned by the Muir family. The main site is on the edge of town, in the shadow of State Route 4, also known as the "John Muir Parkway."
context_section_description: The mansion was built in 1883 by Dr. John Strentzel, Muir's father-in-law, with whom Muir went into partnership, managing his 2,600-acre (1,100 ha) fruit ranch. Muir and his wife, Louisa, moved into the house in 1890, and he lived there until his death in 1914.
caption: View from south over the house to the orchards in 1900
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