Our home was originally built for Davenport Bromfield in 1888 to live in while he mapped out the streets of Carmel. As the oldest house in Carmel it is on both the State and City Registries of Historic Homes. Eric bought the house in 1948 and enlarged it to accommodate his growing family. It remains in the family to this day and retains all the warmth and charm of a true "Carmel Cottage". Eric's writing study, built among the gardens, is very much as he left it and contains many of his personal items, books, photo albums and hand written notes as well as unpublished papers and manuscripts.
Janice (Eric's daughter) and her husband, Bob, operate the house as a Bed and Breakfast and invite you to come for a visit and share with you personal stories and memories of Eric's life and times . They will take you on a tour of this enchanting coastal area called the Monterey Peninsula, California's "crown jewel", and acquaint you with the area and point out some of the places that had meaning in Dr. Berne's life.
The way it was around 1895
That's the house in the upper left hand corner
The good doctor
The winter garden Eric's study
Ann Heathcoat of England Eric's desk as he used it
The dinning room Living room
The breakfast nook The kitchen
The front bedroom The back bedroom
A welcome sight The back garden
Bob and Janice the welcoming committee
Our TA friends from Great Britain
and Japan at Eric's favorite beach