The Northern California promontory estate of singer/songwriter and actor Kris Kristofferson is up for sale this summer. The larger slice of Mendocino County — the ranch spans 557 acres in all, on a lonely stretch of bluff northwest of Sacramento — popped up for sale this week. It is currently tagged at $17.2 million.
The cluster of buildings — home and anachronistic farm — is perched on a plain and surrounded by a forest tree line which provides considerable privacy. It is positioned on a particularly high section of cliff, offering views that crystallize the remote near-wilderness identity of the home and suggest the possibility of an hour-of-the-pearl epiphany.
The farm, fallen into disuse and recalling Faulknerian dilapidation, is nearest to the highway, cliff and ocean; in this case, the aggregate could represent a philosophical composite. The residence, a barn-style, is situated remote, in a grassy meadow some distance inland from the broken-down farm and its geologically precarious footing. A propos. All told, a property that hints at the poetic.
Kristofferson’s songwriting credits include “Me and Bobby McGee;” Janis Joplin’s version went to No. 1 on the Billboard singles chart. He also wrote “For the Good Times” and “Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down”—both Billboard Country chart-toppers.
