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List of homes of American writers

Listed below are the private residences in the United States of famous American writers. These writers' homes, where many Pulitzer Prize-winning books were written, also inspired the settings of many notable poems, short stories and novels.

Alabama

Writer Image Residence Years Coordinates Notes
Truman Capote The Faulk home site 1927–1933 Monroeville
31°31′26″N 87°19′26″W / 31.52395°N 87.32389°W / 31.52395; -87.32389
Capote lived with his mother's relatives in the Faulk home from 1927 to 1933 and spent several summers here after 1933.
F. Scott Fitzgerald The Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum 1931–1932 Montgomery
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. This is also the last home the Fitzeralds lived together as a family.

California

Writer Image Residence Years Coordinates Notes
Robinson Jeffers Tor house 1919–1962 Carmel
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.
Jack London Wolf house and ranch 1905–1913 Glen Ellen
38°21′2″N 122°32′35″W / 38.35056°N 122.54306°W / 38.35056; -122.54306
Today, there are only remains of the mansion, which was destroyed in a fire in 1913.
Eugene O'Neill O'Neill home 1937–1944 Danville
37°49′28″N 122°1′47″W / 37.82444°N 122.02972°W / 37.82444; -122.02972
O'Neill wrote several plays in this house, including The Iceman Cometh and A Moon for the Misbegotten.
Upton Sinclair Sinclair house 1942–1966 Monrovia
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.
John Steinbeck Steinbeck house 1902–1919 Salinas
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.

Connecticut

Writer Image Residence Years Coordinates Notes
Eugene O'Neill Monte Cristo Cottage 1900–1920 New London
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.
Mark Twain Twain House 1874–1891 Hartford
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.
Harriet Beecher Stowe Stowe House 1873–1896 Hartford
41°46′1.14″N 72°42′2.81″W / 41.7669833°N 72.7007806°W / 41.7669833; -72.7007806
Stowe spent the last 23 years of her life in this house. Stowe is best remembered for her influential and best selling antil-slavery novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852).
Noah Webster Webster house 1758-1774 West Hartford
41°44′46.27″N 72°44′47.4″W / 41.7461861°N 72.746500°W / 41.7461861; -72.746500
Webster's birthplace. He lived in the house until he left for college.

Florida

Writer Image Residence Years Coordinates Notes
Ernest Hemingway Key West house 1931–1939 Key West
24°33′05″N 81°48′02″W / 24.55143°N 81.80061°W / 24.55143; -81.80061
Hemingway wrote several of his best-selling novels in this house, including To Have and Have Not. The site is also known for its dozens of six-toed cats, known locally as Hemingway cats.
Zora Neale Hurston Zora Neale Hurston House 1957–1960 Fort Pierce
27°27′39″N 80°20′31″W / 27.46083°N 80.34194°W / 27.46083; -80.34194
The only surviving home of Hurston, legendary writer of the Harlem Renaissance. Her published work includes Their Eyes Were Watching God and Moses, Man of the Mountain.
Jack Kerouac Jack Kerouac House 1957–1958 Orlando
28°33′52″N 81°23′30″W / 28.56444°N 81.39167°W / 28.56444; -81.39167
American novelist and poet of the Beat Generation, Kerouac wrote The Dharma Bums in this small cottage.
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Cross Creek house 1929–1953 Cross Creek
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 written by Rawlings in her Florida cracker-style house.

Georgia

Name Image Residence Years Coordinates Notes
Joel Chandler Harris Wren's Nest 1881–1908 Atlanta
33°44′16″N 84°25′20″W / 33.73764°N 84.42219°W / 33.73764; -84.42219
Harris is the author of the legendary Uncle Remus tales.
Margaret Mitchell Margaret Mitchell House and Museum 1925–1932 Atlanta
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.
Flannery O'Connor (1) O'Connor Childhood Home 1925–1938 Savannah
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.
Flannery O'Connor (2) Andalusia farm 1951–1964 Milledgeville
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.

Illinois

Name Image Residence Years Coordinates Notes
Gwendolyn Brooks image needed Brooks House--Chicago 1953–1994 Chicago
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). Private residence.
Ernest Hemingway Birthplace of Ernest Hemingway 1899–1905 Oak Park
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.
Vachel Lindsay Vachel Lindsay House 1879–1931 Springfield
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.
Carl Sandburg Birthplace of Carl Sandburg 1878–1896 Galesburg
40°56′11″N 90°21′57″W / 40.93650°N 90.36583°W / 40.93650; -90.36583
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and biographer.

Louisiana

Name Image Place Years Coordinates Notes
Robert Penn Warren Robert Penn Warren House 1941–1942 Prairieville
30°18′30″N 90°58′25″W / 30.30823°N 90.9736°W / 30.30823; -90.9736
The private residence, known as Twin Oaks, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Maine

Name Image Residence Years Coordinates Notes
Stephen King Stephen and Tabitha King home 1980–present Bangor
44°48′09″N 68°47′06″W / 44.80251°N 68.78501°W / 44.80251; -68.78501
The Victorian mansion lies in Bangor's Whitney Park Historic District.
Sarah Orne Jewett Jewett-Eastman House 1850-? South Berwick43°14′6″N 70°48′33″W / 43.23500°N 70.80917°W / 43.23500; -70.80917 Jewett's childhood home. She is best known for "The Country of the Pointed Firs" (1896) and “A White Heron,” (1886).
Harriet Beecher Stowe Stowe House 1850-1852 Brunswick
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 1807–1842 Portland
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".

Maryland

Name Image Residence Years Coordinates Notes
H.L. Mencken H. L. Mencken House 1883–1956 Baltimore
39°17′15.2″N 76°38′30.6″W / 39.287556°N 76.641833°W / 39.287556; -76.641833
The house was opened to the public in 2019.
Rachel Carson Carson House, Colesville 1956–1964 Colesville
39°2′48″N 77°0′2″W / 39.04667°N 77.00056°W / 39.04667; -77.00056
Carson wrote her legendary work, "Silent Spring", in this house in 1962.
Edgar Allan Poe Poe House, Baltimore 1833–1835 Baltimore
39°17′29″N 76°37′59″W / 39.29150°N 76.63319°W / 39.29150; -76.63319
Poe moved into his aunt Elizabeth's rental house in 1833 after he graduated from Westpoint Military Academy.
Gertrude Stein David Bachrach House 1892 Baltimore
39°18′50.6″N 76°38′9.5″W / 39.314056°N 76.635972°W / 39.314056; -76.635972
The Bachrach house, also known as the Gertrude Stein house, is not open to the public. Stein was a neice of Mrs. David Bachrach.

Massachusetts

Name Image Residence Years Location Notes
E. E. Cummings E. E. Cummings House 1894–1917 Cambridge
42°22′43.6″N 71°6′38.5″W / 42.378778°N 71.110694°W / 42.378778; -71.110694
The childhood home of the author and poet, Cummings lived here until he graduated from Harvard University in 1917.
Edward Gorey The Elephant House 1986–2000 Cape Cod
41°42′19″N 70°14′33″W / 41.70528°N 70.24250°W / 41.70528; -70.24250
The house is a museum displaying Gorey's life and work.
Emily Dickinson Emily Dickinson Museum 1855–1886 Amherst
42°22′34″N 72°30′52″W / 42.37611°N 72.51444°W / 42.37611; -72.51444
After Dickinson's death, 1800 poems were discovered in her room by her sister, Lavinia.
Louisa May Alcott (1) The Wayside formerly known as 'Hillside' 1844–1848 Concord
42°27′32″N 71°19′59″W / 42.45889°N 71.33306°W / 42.45889; -71.33306
Alcott used many of the experiences she and her sisters shared in this house in her book, Little Women. Nathaniel Hawthorne purchased the house from the Alcotts when they moved to Boston in 1848.
Louisa May Alcott (2) Orchard House 1858–1877 Concord
42°27′32″N 71°20′06″W / 42.4589°N 71.3351°W / 42.4589; -71.3351
This home is adjacent to Nathaniel Hawthorne's home, The Wayside. Alcott wrote Little Women in this house (1868–1869).
Ralph Waldo Emerson Ralph Waldo Emerson House 1835–1882 Concord
42°27′27″N 71°20′39″W / 42.45750°N 71.34417°W / 42.45750; -71.34417
Emerson and his wife moved to this house after their wedding. He lived here the rest of his life.
Henry Longfellow Longfellow National Historic Site 1843–1882 Cambridge
42°22′36″N 71°07′35″W / 42.37667°N 71.12639°W / 42.37667; -71.12639
Before poet Longfellow resided here, it was the first headquarters of George Washington during the America Revolution. Longfellow lived in the house for almost 50 years.
Herman Melville Arrowhead (Herman Melville House) 1850–1863 Pittsfield
42°24′55.4″N 73°14′55.7″W / 42.415389°N 73.248806°W / 42.415389; -73.248806
Melville wrote his most famous novels at Arrowhead.
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1) Nathaniel Hawthorne Birthplace 1804–1808 Salem
42°31′17.36″N 70°53′03.11″W / 42.5214889°N 70.8841972°W / 42.5214889; -70.8841972
Hawthorne and his mother moved from the house after his father died in 1808.
Nathaniel Hawthorne (2) The Wayside 1852–1869 Concord
42°27′32″N 71°19′59″W / 42.45889°N 71.33306°W / 42.45889; -71.33306
Wayside was the home to Hawthorne, Louisa May Alcott and Margaret Sidney. Hawthorne wrote The Scarlet Letter and the House of the Seven Gables here.
Henry David Thoreau Thoreau–Alcott House 1850–1862 Concord
42°27′30″N 71°21′30″W / 42.45833°N 71.35833°W / 42.45833; -71.35833
Thoreau moved to the house with his family in 1850 and lived here until his death. The house is privately owned.
Edith Wharton The Mount 1902-1911 Lenox
42°19′52″N 73°16′55″W / 42.3311°N 73.2820°W / 42.3311; -73.2820
Wharton designed both the house and garden, inspired by works of art.

Michigan

Name Image Residence Years Coordinates Notes
Ernest Hemingway Windemere Cottage 1900–1921 Petoskey
45°16′51″N 85°00′04″W / 45.28081°N 85.00108°W / 45.28081; -85.00108
The cottage was used during Hemingway's childhood as his family's summer home. Hemingway and his first wife, Hadley Richardson spent their honeymoon in the cottage. It is a private residence.
Theodore Roethke Roethke Houses 1911–1925 Saginaw
43°25′00″N 83°59′14″W / 43.41667°N 83.98722°W / 43.41667; -83.98722
The house at 1759 Gratiot was known as The Stone House and was built by Roethke's uncle Carl. The house next door, at 1805 Gratiot, is Roethke's childhood home, and was built by his father, Otto. Roethke's sister, June, lived in the house until her death in 1997.

Minnesota

Name Image Residence Years Coordinates Notes
F. Scott Fitzgerald F. Scott Fitzgerald House 1918–1920 Saint Paul
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.
Sinclair Lewis Sinclair Lewis Boyhood Home 1889–1902 Sauk Centre
45°44′14″N 94°57′26.5″W / 45.73722°N 94.957361°W / 45.73722; -94.957361
Lewis's boyhood home. He is the first American to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Mississippi

Name Image Residence Years Coordinates Notes
William Faulkner Rowan Oak 1930–1962 Oxford
34°21′35″N 89°31′29″W / 34.3598°N 89.5247°W / 34.3598; -89.5247
Faulkner penciled the plot of his Pulitzer Prize–winning novel A Fable, on the plaster walls of his office.
Eudora Welty Eudora Welty House 1925–2001 Jackson
32°19′7.7″N 90°10′13.22″W / 32.318806°N 90.1703389°W / 32.318806; -90.1703389
Welty's parents built the house in 1925. This is where she lived here for nearly 80 years, entertained friends and family, worked in her garden and wrote her award winning novels and short stories.

Missouri

Name Image Residence Years Coordinates Notes
Laura Ingalls Wilder Laura Ingalls Wilder House 1896–1957 Mansfield
37°06′06″N 92°33′24″W / 37.10160°N 92.55678°W / 37.10160; -92.55678
Wilder wrote the Little House on the Prairie books while living in the house.
Mark Twain Mark Twain boyhood home 1844–1853 Hannibal
39°42′43″N 91°21′28″W / 39.71205°N 91.35786°W / 39.71205; -91.35786
Twain's life in Hannibal inspired his writing of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer.
Maya Angelou Maya Angelou birthplace 1928-1931 St. Louis
38°37′22″N 90°13′47″W / 38.62278°N 90.22970°W / 38.62278; -90.22970
The birthplace of writer, Maya Angelou.

Nebraska

Name Image Place Years Coordinates Notes
Willa Cather Willa Cather House 1883–1890 Red Cloud
40°5′16″N 98°31′16″W / 40.08778°N 98.52111°W / 40.08778; -98.52111
Cather's childhood home. Her first two homes, the Willa Cather Birthplace and Willow Shade are in Virginia. She lived in the Nebrasa home until she left college in 1890.

New Hamsphire

Name Image Residence Years Coordinates Notes
Robert Frost (1) Robert Frost Farm (Derry, New Hampshire) 1900–1911 Derry
42°52′18″N 71°17′42″W / 42.87167°N 71.29500°W / 42.87167; -71.29500
Frost wrote the majority of his poems from A Boy's Will and North of Boston in this house.
Robert Frost (2) The Frost Place 1911-1920 Franconia
44°12′46″N 71°45′27″W / 44.21278°N 71.75750°W / 44.21278; -71.75750
The family lived in the house until 1920 and then spent the next 20 years spending their summers here.

New Jersey

Name Image Place Years Coordinates Notes
Stephen Crane Stephen Crane house 1883–1892 Asbury
40°13′27″N 74°00′24″W / 40.22404°N 74.00679°W / 40.22404; -74.00679
Crane began his writing career in this Asbury Park house.
Walt Whitman Walt Whitman House 1884–1892 Camden
39°56′33″N 75°7′26″W / 39.94250°N 75.12389°W / 39.94250; -75.12389
The only house that Whitman owned.
William Carlos Williams William Carlos Williams House 1913–1963 Rutherford
40°49′36″N 74°6′18″W / 40.82667°N 74.10500°W / 40.82667; -74.10500
The poet and physician lived and worked in this house for 50 years.

New York

Name Image Residence Years Coordinates Notes
James Baldwin James Baldwin residence, New York City 1965–1987 New York City
40°46′40″N 73°58′50″W / 40.77764°N 73.98043°W / 40.77764; -73.98043
Baldwin bought the building in 1965. He lived in apartment B; his mother lived above him in apartment 1B and his sister lived in apartment 4A. Tony Morrison lived in the building for a short time.
Washington Irving Sunnyside (Tarrytown, New York) 1835–1859 Tarrytown
41°02′51.2″N 73°52′11.6″W / 41.047556°N 73.869889°W / 41.047556; -73.869889
This is the first home that Irving bought for himself and he lived here until his death in 1859. The house and gardens have been restored to how Irving's home looked the 1850s.
Langston Hughes Langston Hughes House 1947–1967 Harlem, New York City
40°48′27″N 73°56′26″W / 40.80745°N 73.94051°W / 40.80745; -73.94051
Hughes lived and worked on the top floor of the house. In this house, Hughes wrote Montage of a Dream Deferred and I Wonder as I Wander.The house is currently open for events.
James Weldon Johnson James Weldon Johnson Residence 1925–1938 Harlem, New York City
40°48′55″N 73°56′35″W / 40.81528°N 73.94306°W / 40.81528; -73.94306
Legendery poet, novelist, songwriter, and civil rights activist. During the Harlem Renaissance, Johnson gained acclaim for his writing on Black culture.
Herman Melville Herman Melville House 1838–1847 Lansingburgh
42°46′23″N 73°40′45″W / 42.77306°N 73.67917°W / 42.77306; -73.67917
The family moved to this small town and house from New York City after the death of Melville's father in 1832 left the family impoverished.
Carson McCullers Carson McCullers House 1945–1967 South Nyack
41°5′9″N 73°55′11″W / 41.08583°N 73.91972°W / 41.08583; -73.91972
McCullers gained literary acclaim at the young age of 23 with her novel, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter. In this house she finished The Member of the Wedding and worked on othernovels, short stories, plays and poetry.
Edna St. Vincent Millay Steepletop 1925–1950 Austerlitz
42°19′17.30″N 73°26′39.15″W / 42.3214722°N 73.4442083°W / 42.3214722; -73.4442083
The house is no longer open to the public.
Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe Cottage 1846-1849 The Bronx, 40°51′55″N 73°53′40″W / 40.86528°N 73.89444°W / 40.86528; -73.89444 Poe's, wife, Virginia died in the home after a long illness. He wrote Annabel Lee The Cask of Amontillado, The Bells and other poems and short stories here.
Mark Twain Quarry Farm 1870-1900 Elmira
42°6′47″N 76°46′56″W / 42.11306°N 76.78222°W / 42.11306; -76.78222
Twain's family visited his wife's family home every summer for 30 years. Three of his daughters were born here. Today, it is used as a retreat for Mark Twain scholars. years. T
Walt Whitman Walt Whitman Birthplace 1819–1824 West Hills
40°49′1.38″N 73°24′44.39″W / 40.8170500°N 73.4123306°W / 40.8170500; -73.4123306
Whitman's father, who was a carpenter, built the two-story farmhouse in 1816 by hand.

North Carolina

Name Image Place Years Coordinates Notes
Carl Sandburg Carl Sandburg Home 1945–1967 Hendersonville
35°16′17″N 82°26′50″W / 35.27145°N 82.44723°W / 35.27145; -82.44723
Sandburg moved here with his family for a quieter environment for his writing. His wife raised, what are now a historic breed of dairy goats on the farm.
Thomas Wolfe Thomas Wolfe House 1906–1916 Asheville
35°35′51″N 82°33′03″W / 35.59750°N 82.55083°W / 35.59750; -82.55083
Wolfe used the house for the setting of his first novel, Look Homeward Angel.

Ohio

Name Image Residence Years Coordinates Notes
Paul Lawrence Dunbar Paul Laurence Dunbar House 1904–1906 Dayton
39°45′27.6″N 84°13′8.2″W / 39.757667°N 84.218944°W / 39.757667; -84.218944
Dunbar bought the house for his mother in 1902, but moved here after he separated from his wife. He suffered from ill health and died in the home in 1906.

Oregon

Name Image Residence Years Coordinates Notes
Zane Grey Zane Grey Cabin 1926–1935 42°42′06″N 123°48′17″W / 42.70179°N 123.80477°W / 42.70179; -123.80477 Grey's famous for his popular novels set in the American West.
Ken Kesey Image needed Kesey Farm 1965–2001? Pleasant Hill
43°59′24″N 122°56′08″W / 43.989880°N 122.935692°W / 43.989880; -122.935692
Known for his popular novels One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Sometimes a Great Notion written in the 1960s.

Pennsylvania

Name Image Residence Years Coordinates Notes
Rachel Carson Rachel Carson Homestead 1907–1929 Springdale
40°32′48″N 79°47′00″W / 40.54663°N 79.78325°W / 40.54663; -79.78325
Carson's birthplace and childhood home. Her 1962 book Silent Spring initiated the modern environmentalist movement.
Pearl S. Buck (2) Pearl S. Buck House National Historic Landmark 1933–late 1960s Bucks County
40°21′36″N 75°13′11″W / 40.36000°N 75.21972°W / 40.36000; -75.21972
Buck was the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature for her best-selling novel, The Good Earth.
John Updike John Updike Childhood Home 1932–1945 Shillington, Pennsylvania
40°18′08″N 75°57′54″W / 40.30222°N 75.96500°W / 40.30222; -75.96500
Birthplace and childhood home of American novelist and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner.

Texas

Name Image Residence Years Coordinates Notes
Katherine Ann Porter Katherine Anne Porter House 1892–1901 Kyle
29°59′21″N 97°52′46″W / 29.98917°N 97.87944°W / 29.98917; -97.87944
Katherine's father moved his family to his mother's house in Kyle after Katherine's mother died.
O. Henry William Sidney Porter House 1893–1895 Austin
30°15′56.5″N 97°44′20.8″W / 30.265694°N 97.739111°W / 30.265694; -97.739111
Best selling author of the legendary short-stories The Gift of the Magi and The Ransom of Red Chief.

Washington D.C.

Name Image Residence Years Coordinates Notes
Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass National Historic Site 1877–1895 Kyle
38°51′48″N 76°59′07″W / 38.86333°N 76.98528°W / 38.86333; -76.98528
Douglass wrote the Life and Times of Frederick Douglass in this house, which he named "Cedar Hill".
Langston Hughes ] Langston Hughes House, Washington D.C. 1924–1926 Washington D.C.
30°15′56.5″N 97°44′20.8″W / 30.265694°N 97.739111°W / 30.265694; -97.739111
While living in the Italianate row house, "Hughes won his first poetry competition, and gave his first public readings. He got a contract for his first book of poems from Alfred A. Knopf in New York, finished his book manuscript, and published The Weary Blues in February 1926".

Vermont

Name Image Residence Years Coordinates Notes
Robert Frost (4) Robert Frost Farm (Ripton, Vermont) 1939–1963 Ripton
43°57′59″N 73°0′17″W / 43.96639°N 73.00472°W / 43.96639; -73.00472
Frost spent summers and part of fall here during the last 30 years of his life.
Robert Frost (3) Robert Frost Stone House Museum 1920-1929 Shaftsbury
42°56′10″N 73°12′34″W / 42.93621°N 73.20953°W / 42.93621; -73.20953
While living in this house, Frost wrote many poems including the famous Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.
Rudyard Kipling Naulakha (Rudyard Kipling House) Dummerston
42°53′55″N 72°33′51″W / 42.89861°N 72.56417°W / 42.89861; -72.56417
Shirley Jackson (1) image needed Shirley Jackson house, Prospect Ave Prospect Ave 1945–1948 Jackson lived here in this large 14 room house with her family for 3 years. She wrote many of her famous works here, including The Lottery here.
Shirley Jackson (2) image needed Shirley Jackson house, Main St. 66 Main St North Bennington
1953–1965 Jackson lived in this large 20 room house with her family until her death in 1965. She wrote a number of novels here, including The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle.

Virginia

Name Image Residence Years Coordinates Notes
Willa Cather (1) Willa Cather Birthplace 1873–1874 Gore
39°16′3″N 78°19′27″W / 39.26750°N 78.32417°W / 39.26750; -78.32417
The Pulitzer-prize winning author was born in her grandmother, Rachel Boak's home in 1873.
Willa Cather (2) Willow Shade 1874–1883 Winchester
39°16′06.7″N 78°18′28.7″W / 39.268528°N 78.307972°W / 39.268528; -78.307972
Cather's family lived in her paternal grandparent's home until they moved moved to Nebraska in 1883.
Ellen Glasgow Ellen Glasgow House 1890s–1945 Richmond
37°32′34″N 77°26′42″W / 37.54278°N 77.44500°W / 37.54278; -77.44500
Pulitzer prize winning novelist.

West Virginia

Name Image Residence Years Coordinates Notes
Pearl S. Buck (1) Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Hillsboro
38°8′30″N 80°12′19″W / 38.14167°N 80.20528°W / 38.14167; -80.20528
1892 Birthplace of Pulitzer and Nobel-prize winning autho. Buck's parents were Presbyterian missionaries on furlough in this house when she was born. When Buck was five months old, her parents returned with her to China.

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