User:MauraWen/sandbox American writer birthplaces

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List of residences of American writers

Alabama[edit]

Writer Image Place Years Coordinates Notes
Truman Capote Monroeville 1927–1933 31°31′26″N 87°19′26″W / 31.52395°N 87.32389°W / 31.52395; -87.32389 Capote spent several summers here after 1933.[1]
F. Scott Fitzgerald Montgomery 1931–1932 32°21′32″N 86°17′32″W / 32.35883°N 86.29227°W / 32.35883; -86.29227 Fitzgerald worked on the novel, Tender Is The Night, in this house

California[edit]

Writer Image Place Years Coordinates Notes
Robinson Jeffers Tor house, Carmel 1919–1962 36°32′31.5″N 121°55′56″W / 36.542083°N 121.93222°W / 36.542083; -121.93222 Jeffers's entire work was written here.[2]
Jack London Wolf house and ranch 1905–1913 38°21′2″N 122°32′35″W / 38.35056°N 122.54306°W / 38.35056; -122.54306 The house was destroyed in a fire in 1913.
Eugene O'Neill O'Neill home 1937–1944 37°49′28″N 122°1′47″W / 37.82444°N 122.02972°W / 37.82444; -122.02972 O'Neill wrote several plays here, including The Iceman Cometh and A Moon for the Misbegotten.[3]
Upton Sinclair Sinclair house, Monrovia 1942–1966 34°9′44″N 118°0′0″W / 34.16222°N 118.00000°W / 34.16222; -118.00000 Sinclair wrote many of his later novels in this house.[4]
John Steinbeck Steinbeck house, Salinas 1902–1919. 36°40′36″N 121°39′29″W / 36.67667°N 121.65806°W / 36.67667; -121.65806 Steinbeck's birthplace and childhood home. He completed The Red Pony and Tortilla Flat here in the 1930s.[5]

Connecticut[edit]

Writer Image Place Years Coordinates Notes
Eugene O'Neill Monte Cristo Cottage 1900–1920 41°19′55″N 72°5′46.5″W / 41.33194°N 72.096250°W / 41.33194; -72.096250 O'Neill's summer childhood home and setting of two of his plays.[6]
Mark Twain Twain House, Hartford 1874–1891 41°46′1.5″N 72°42′5.0″W / 41.767083°N 72.701389°W / 41.767083; -72.701389 Twain wrote many of his most popular novels in this house.[7]
Harriet Beecher Stowe Stowe House, Hartford 1873–1896 41°46′1.14″N 72°42′2.81″W / 41.7669833°N 72.7007806°W / 41.7669833; -72.7007806 Stowe spent the last years of her life here.
Noah Webster Webster house, Hartford Built 1758 41°44′46.27″N 72°44′47.4″W / 41.7461861°N 72.746500°W / 41.7461861; -72.746500 Webster's birthplace.[8]

Florida[edit]

Writer Image Place Years Coordinates Notes
Ernest Hemingway Key West house 1931–1939 24°33′05″N 81°48′02″W / 24.55143°N 81.80061°W / 24.55143; -81.80061 The site is inhabited by dozens of six-toed cats, known locally as Hemingway cats.[9]
Zora Neale Hurston Fort Pierce house 1957–1960 27°27′39″N 80°20′31″W / 27.46083°N 80.34194°W / 27.46083; -80.34194 This is the only surviving home of Hurston.[10]
Jack Kerouac Orlando house 1957–1958 28°33′52″N 81°23′30″W / 28.56444°N 81.39167°W / 28.56444; -81.39167 Kerouac wrote Dharma Bums in this small cottage.[11]
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Cross Creek house 1929–1953 29°28′53″N 82°9′37″W / 29.48139°N 82.16028°W / 29.48139; -82.16028 The Pulitzer Prize winning novel, The Yearling, was penned in this cracker-style house.

Georgia[edit]

Name Image Place Years Coordinates Notes
Joel Chandler Harris Wren's Nest, Atlanta 1881–1908 33°44′16″N 84°25′20″W / 33.73764°N 84.42219°W / 33.73764; -84.42219 Harris wrote many books including the legendary Uncle Remus tales in this house.
Margaret Mitchell Mitchell house, Atlanta 1925–1932 33°46′53.02″N 84°23′4.62″W / 33.7813944°N 84.3846167°W / 33.7813944; -84.3846167 Mitchell wrote the Pulitzer Prize winning -novel Gone with the Wind here.[12]
Flannery O'Connor O'Connor Childhood Home 1925–1938 32°04′21″N 81°05′29″W / 32.07251°N 81.09146°W / 32.07251; -81.09146 Birthplace of O'Connor, the museum is open to the public.[13]
Flannery O'Connor Andalusia farm 1951–1964 33°07′31″N 83°16′04″W / 33.12526°N 83.26775°W / 33.12526; -83.26775 This area of Georgia was the setting for many of O'Connor's short stories.[14]

Illinois[edit]

Name Image Place Years Coordinates Notes
Gwendolyn Brooks Brooks House--Chicago 1953–1994 41°45′35″N 87°36′25″W / 41.75959°N 87.60698°W / 41.75959; -87.60698 20th century poet and teacher. First Black poet to win the Pulitzer Prize (1950).[15]
Ernest Hemingway Birthplace of Ernest Hemingway 1899–1905 41°53′34″N 87°47′42″W / 41.892778°N 87.795081°W / 41.892778; -87.795081 American novelist and journalist. Awarded the 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature.[16]
Vachel Lindsay Vachel Lindsay House 1879–1931 39°47′46″N 89°38′59″W / 39.79616°N 89.64964°W / 39.79616; -89.64964 American poet known for his performance poetry.[17]
Carl Sandburg Birthplace of Carl Sandburg 1878–1896 40°56′11″N 90°21′57″W / 40.93650°N 90.36583°W / 40.93650; -90.36583 Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and biographer.[18]

Maine[edit]

Name Image Place Years Coordinates Notes
Stephen King Stephen King home xxx
Sarah Orne Jewett Jewett-Eastman House 1850-? 43°14′6″N 70°48′33″W / 43.23500°N 70.80917°W / 43.23500; -70.80917 American writer xxx
Harriet Beecher Stowe Stowe House 1850-1852 43°54′46″N 69°57′39″W / 43.91278°N 69.96083°W / 43.91278; -69.96083 Stowe wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin" in this home.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Wadsworth-Longfellow House 43°39′25″N 70°15′37″W / 43.65693°N 70.26020°W / 43.65693; -70.26020 Childhood home of legendery poet, whose work includes "Paul Revere's Ride" and the "The Song of Hiawatha".[19]

Maryland[edit]

Name Image Place Years Coordinates Notes
H.L. Mencken H. L. Mencken House xxx
Rachel Carson Carson House, Colesville Carson wrote "Silent Spring" in this house.
Edgar Allan Poe Poe House, Baltimore xxx
Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein House, Baltimore xxx 39°18′13″N 76°36′45″W / 39.30349°N 76.61242°W / 39.30349; -76.61242

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Massachusetts[edit]

Name Image Place Years Location Notes
Edward Gorey The Elephant House 1986–2000 Cape Cod The house is a museum displaying Gorey's life and work.
Emily Dickinson Emily Dickinson Museum xxx Amherst notes
Louisa May Alcott Hillside 1844–1848 Concord Nathaniel Hawthorne bought the house when the Alcotts moved to Boston in 1848.
Louisa May Alcott Orchard House 1858–1877 Concord This home is adjacent to Nathaniel Hawthorne's home, The Wayside. Alctott wrote "Little Women" in this home.
Ralph Waldo Emerson Ralph Waldo Emerson House dates Concord note
Herman Melville Arrowhead (Herman Melville House) dates Pittsfield note
Nathaniel Hawthorne Nathaniel Hawthorne Birthplace 1804–1808 Salem Hawthorne and his mother moved from the house after his father died in 1808.
Nathaniel Hawthorne The Wayside 1852–1864 Concord Hawthorne lived here until his death in 1864.
Henry David Thoreau Thoreau–Alcott House Concord note
Edith Wharton The Mount 1902-1911 Lenox note

Michigan[edit]

Name Image Place Years Coordinates Notes
Ernest Hemingway Ernest Hemingway Cottage 1900–1921 45°16′50.21″N 85°0′4.046″W / 45.2806139°N 85.00112389°W / 45.2806139; -85.00112389 Hemingway family summer home. Hemingway and first wife, Hadley Richardson spent their honeymoon in the cottage.[20]
Theodore Roethke Roethke Houses 1911–1925 43°25′00″N 83°59′14″W / 43.41667°N 83.98722°W / 43.41667; -83.98722 Roethke's childhood home.

Minnesota[edit]

Name Image Place Years Coordinates Notes
F. Scott Fitzgerald F. Scott Fitzgerald House 1918–1920 44°56′29.5″N 93°7′30.5″W / 44.941528°N 93.125139°W / 44.941528; -93.125139 Fitzgerald re-wrote the draft of his first novel, This Side of Paradise in this house.[21]
Sinclair Lewis Sinclair Lewis Boyhood Home 1889–1902 45°44′14″N 94°57′26.5″W / 45.73722°N 94.957361°W / 45.73722; -94.957361

Mississippi[edit]

Name Image Place Years Coordinates Notes
William Faulkner Rowan Oak 34°21′35″N 89°31′29″W / 34.3598°N 89.5247°W / 34.3598; -89.5247
Eudora Welty Eudora Welty House 32°19′7.7″N 90°10′13.22″W / 32.318806°N 90.1703389°W / 32.318806; -90.1703389

Richard wright natchez plantation

Missouri[edit]

Name Image Place Years Coordinates Notes
Laura Ingalls Wilder Laura Ingalls Wilder House 34°21′35″N 89°31′29″W / 34.3598°N 89.5247°W / 34.3598; -89.5247
Mark Twain Mark Twain boyhood home 32°19′7.7″N 90°10′13.22″W / 32.318806°N 90.1703389°W / 32.318806; -90.1703389
Maya Angelou Maya Angelou birthplace coord

Nebraska[edit]

Name Image Place Years Coordinates Notes
Willa Cather Willa Cather House 1883–1890 40°5′16″N 98°31′16″W / 40.08778°N 98.52111°W / 40.08778; -98.52111 Willa Cather birthplace.

New Hamsphire[edit]

  • Robert Frost Farm

New Jersey[edit]

  • Walt Whitman house, Camden
  • Stephen Crane
  • William Carlos Williams house, wp

New York[edit]

Name Image Place Years Coordinates Notes
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Herman Melville House (Troy, New York)

North Carolina[edit]

  • Carl Sandburg, wp
  • Thomas Wolfe, wp

Ohio[edit]

  • Paul Lawrence Dunbar, poet, wp
  • Toni Morrison, Lorain

Pennsylvania[edit]

  • Rachel Carson (also Maryland)
  • Gertrude Stein birthplace, Alleghany city

Texas[edit]

Katherine Ann Porter, wp

Washington D.C.[edit]

  • frederick douglas, Washington DC
  • Henry Longfellow house

Vermont[edit]

  • Robert Frost Farm
  • Shirley Jackson
  • Rudyard Kipling

Virginia[edit]

Name Image Place Years Coordinates Notes
Willa Cather Willa Cather Birthplace 1873–1874 39°16′3″N 78°19′27″W / 39.26750°N 78.32417°W / 39.26750; -78.32417 Willa Cather birthplace.
Willa Cather Virginia childhood home 1874–1883 39°16′06.7″N 78°18′28.7″W / 39.268528°N 78.307972°W / 39.268528; -78.307972 Cather's childhood home. The family moved to Nebraska in 1883.
Ellen Glasgow Ellen Glasgow House 1890s–1945 37°32′34″N 77°26′42″W / 37.54278°N 77.44500°W / 37.54278; -77.44500 Pulitzer prize winning novelist.

West Virginia[edit]

Name Image Place Years Coordinates Notes
Pearl S. Buck Pearl S. Buck Birthplace 38°8′30″N 80°12′19″W / 38.14167°N 80.20528°W / 38.14167; -80.20528 1892 Willa Cather birthplace.

Wisconsin[edit]

Hemingway house

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Truman Capote Historical Marker at Monroeville, AL". Rural SW Alabama. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Tor House:History". Tor House.org. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  3. ^ McKinney, John. California's National Parks: A Day Hiker's Guide. Berkeley, CA: Wilderness Press, 2005: 136–137. ISBN 0-89997-387-6
  4. ^ Robert S. Gamble (July 20, 1971). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Upton Sinclair House" (PDF). National Park Service. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ^ "National Register #00000856 John Steinbeck House". National Register of Historic Places in Monterey. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Eugene O'Neill: New London's Monte Cristo Cottage". Connecticut Explored. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  7. ^ "Mark Twain Chronology". PBS website. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
  8. ^ "Noah Webster Birthplace". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
  9. ^ Richardson, Laura. "Hemingway's six-toed cats". Key West Florida Weekly. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  10. ^ Dr. Page Putnam Miller (June 19, 1991). "National Historic Landmark Nomination: Hurston, Zora Neale House".
  11. ^ "Jack Kerouac house". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  12. ^ "Crescent Apartments--Atlanta: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
  13. ^ "Flannery O'Connor". Georgia Historical Society. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  14. ^ "Andalusia Farm". U.S. National Park Service. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  15. ^ "Gwendolyn Brooks". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  16. ^ "Where Hemingway's Story Begins". Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak park. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  17. ^ "Vachel Lindsay". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  18. ^ "Carl Sandburg". Illinois Historic Preservation Division. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  19. ^ "One House, Three Generations of a Remarkable Family". Maine Historical Society. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  20. ^ Mendinghall, Joseph S. (1968), National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: The Ernest Hemingway Cottage, File Unit: National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmarks Program Records: Michigan, 1964 - 2013
  21. ^ "F. Scott Fitzgerald Birthplace". St Paul Historical Society. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
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