Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site

The Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site is located in Danville, California, and preserves Tao House, the hillside home of America's only Nobel Prize-winning playwright, Eugene O'Neill. O'Neill, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1936, used the prize money to build Tao House in 1937. He and his wife, Carlotta, lived there from 1937 to 1944.Tao House served as O'Neill's sanctuary where he wrote some of his most significant works, including "The Iceman Cometh," "Long Day's Journey Into Night," "Hughie," and "A Moon for the Misbegotten". Due to a degenerative condition in his hand, O'Neill was unable to complete another play after 1943. He referred to Tao House as his "final home and harbor," and it remains a testament to his legacy and contributions to American theater.