Situated in the heart of Marin County ranchlands, a national center for organic farming on the Northern California coast, Schoolhouse guests can be a part of the local scene with just a five minute walk to town for the farmer’s market and local art galleries, or a five minute drive to the headquarters for the Point Reyes National Seashore. Come home to cook for each other in the kitchen or patio,
then retreat to the seclusion of your library and gardens. When we bought the Point Reyes Schoolhouse in 1977, it was a ramshackle mess: five layers of sagging roofs, frightening electrical wiring, bowed floors, rotten windows, no heat, no foundation, (the four boulders were still there, one under each corner). But, it was an historic building and we fell for it, as well as its prospect at the top of the hill looking down on the little town and over to the beautiful Inverness Ridge of the Point Reyes Seashore. We loved being up in the sunshine just a short walk from town. It’s all here for your enjoyment and I hope to share my family compound with you. Our family history spanning over three decades is written here, and so are the histories of my many guests who have made Jasmine Cottage, Gray’s Retreat, the Barn Loft and the Schoolhouse their home away from home on the California coast.
-Karen Gray
Proprietor
