Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site-Tao House

Eugene O'Neill was a playwright living in California, most particularly in Danville. There is a historic site in the national registry called Tao House, which O'Neill stayed at. It was the playwright's home from 1937 to 1944. He lived there with his wife, and wrote his most notable plays in the house such as the Iceman Cometh, Long Day's Journey Into Night, and A Moon for the Misbegotten.

In the 1970s the house was almost demolished, but a group gathered together to save it from destruction helping to raise funds and open it as a historic site. Performances with O'Neill's plays were held in order to get enough money raised. By 1976 the house was called a National Historic Landmark and is run by the National Park Service as of 1980.

It is possible to see the site, but not tour it. The address is on Kuss Road in Danville, where visitors will encounter a locked gate. Private vehicles are not allowed on the property, but there is a daily free shuttle on Sundays which take visitors to the house. There is an archive kept at the house regarding photographs, playbills, and other materials O'Neill's life created.