This log cabin located across the street from the entrance to Joaquin Miller Park at 3551 Joaquin Miller Road. It was built in 1922 by Thomas”Hal” Boyd.
High above the city on Joaquin Miller Road, he designed and built a log cabin. He used timber that had been cleared close by.
Hal Boyd loved the outdoors so much, so he learned to paint so he could express his love. The log cabin was his studio, where he painted. In 1926 he had an exhibit of his artwork.
During the day, he was employed by the city as a forest ranger to watch over Sequoia Park (now Joaquin Miller Park).
When his parents Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Parker Boyd, lost their home in the Berkeley fire of 1923, he added on to his cabin, giving them a place to live. – Oakland Tribune Jan 06, 1926
Review from his Berkeley Exhibit
He worked as a special promotion and production manager for the Woodminster Summer Concert Series during the 1945 season.
I found this article from 1955. It says the cabin was destroyed in a fire. I don’t know if this true or case of the wrong address. 3543 Joaquin Miller Road is the house next door. The cabin is still there.
Sometime in the 1950s, he moved to Carmel, CA – He lived there until he passed away in August of 1990.
- In 2014 the cabin sold as a “fixer-upper” for $260,000. REDFIN.Com
- Ask Art – Thomas Hal Boyd – Biography
- An Architectural Guidebook to San Francisco and the Bay Area – page 277