Joaquin Miller Cabin: This cabin was originally built by poet Joaquin Miller in Meridian Hill, but it has since been relocated to Rock Creek Park.
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The Joaquin Miller Cabin is located within Rock Creek Park, sited at the north end of a large meadow-like picnic grove. Historic photographs indicate that Miller (1837-1913), a famous American poet, erected his house on a log foundation with log walls. Seeking a peaceful place to "find his muse," Miller built his cabin while in Washington to pursue politics; he stayed there periodically between 1883 and 1885.
As development around present-day Meridian Hill (Malcolm X) Park threatened the cabin in 1911, it was disassembled and moved from its original location to a new site in Rock Creek Park, where it was dedicated on June 2, 1912. Newspaper coverage of the building's move and reconstruction indicate that great care was taken in dismantling the building and replicating its appearance. Original building fabric was lost in the move, but Miller's cabin was reconstructed with a high degree of visual accuracy in terms of its design, materials, and workmanship.
DC Inventory: November 8, 1964 (Joint Committee on Landmarks)
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![Poet Miller cabin, Rock Creek Park, [Washington, D.C.]](https://historicsites.dcpreservation.org/files/fullsize/9df3844db67f809957b3445fccdeea2b.jpg)
Poet Miller cabin, Rock Creek Park, [Washington, D.C.]
LC-F82- 535 [P&P] | Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA | Date: [between 1910 and 1925]
Dedication of Joaquin Miller Cabin
LC-B2- 2413-10 [P&P] | Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA | Date: [between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]
Joaquin Miller cabin in Rock Creek Park.
Exterior of Joaquin Miller Cabin | Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA | Date: ca. 1920-ca. 1950.