John Muir National Historic Site

	John Muir National Historic Site
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. National Historic Landmark
	U.S. National Historic Site
	California Historical Landmark No. 312
Location	4202 Alhambra Avenue, Martinez, California
Coordinates	37°59′29″N 122°08′00″W / 37.991311°N 122.133298°W
Area	345 acres (140 ha)
Built	1883
Architect	Wolfe & Son; Martinez, Vicente
Architectural style	Italianate-Victorian
Visitation	49,376 (2016)
Website	John Muir National Historic Site
NRHP reference No.	66000083
CHISL No.	312
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	October 15, 1966
Designated NHL	December 29, 1962
Designated NHS	August 31, 1964

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 (132 ha) 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."^[6]

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
^ "John Muir Home". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved September 5, 2012.
^ ^a ^b "National Survey of Historic Sites and Buildings". National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
^ "NPS Annual Recreation Visits Report". National Park Service. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
^ "John Muir House". National Historic Landmark Program. Archived from the original on October 8, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
^ "Directions". John Muir National Historic Site, National Park Service. Retrieved April 13, 2012.