Willa Cather House

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Willa Cather House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Willa Cather house seen from east (Cedar Street)
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Location	Southwestern corner of 3rd Avenue and Cedar Street^[1] in Red Cloud, Nebraska, United States
Coordinates	40°5′15″N 98°31′15″W / 40.08750°N 98.52083°W / 40.08750; -98.52083Coordinates: 40°5′15″N 98°31′15″W / 40.08750°N 98.52083°W / 40.08750; -98.52083
Built	1878
MPS	Willa Cather TR (AD)
NRHP Reference #	69000139
Added to NRHP	April 16, 1969^[2]
Designated NHL	November 11, 1971^[3]

Willa Cather House, also known as Willa Cather Childhood Home, is the house in Red Cloud, Nebraska where author Willa Cather grew up.

The house was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1971.^[3]^[4]

The house is one of eight structures that make up the Willa Cather State Historic Site, which is operated by the Nebraska State Historical Society.

References

↑ See street sign in photo.
↑ National Park Service (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
1 2 "Willa Cather House". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved 2008-05-06.
↑ Robert S. Gamble (July 19, 1971). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Willa Cather House" (pdf). National Park Service. and Accompanying eight photos, exterior and interior, from 1970 and 1971 (32 KB)

External links

Willa Cather Childhood Home - Nebraska State Historical Society
"Writings of Willa Cather", broadcast from the Willa Cather House from C-SPAN's American Writers
Willa Cather State Historic Site - constellation of historical buildings, including Willa Cather's home

Works by Willa Cather

Novels	Alexander's Bridge O Pioneers! The Song of the Lark My Ántonia One of Ours A Lost Lady The Professor's House My Mortal Enemy Death Comes for the Archbishop Shadows on the Rock Lucy Gayheart Sapphira and the Slave Girl

Short stories	"Peter" "Lou, the Prophet" "The Elopement of Allen Poole" "A Tale of the White Pyramid" "A Son of the Celestial" "The Clemency of the Court" "The Fear That Walks by Noonday" "On the Divide" "A Night at Greenway Court" "Tommy, the Unsentimental" "The Princess Baladina – Her Adventure" "The Count of Crow's Nest" "The Burglar's Christmas" "The Strategy of the Were-Wolf Dog" "A Resurrection" "The Prodigies" "Nanette: An Aside" "The Way of the World" "The Westbound Train" "Eric Hermannson's Soul" "The Dance at Chevalier's" "The Sentimentality of William Tavener" "The Affair at Grover Station" "A Singer's Romance" "The Conversion of Sum Loo" "Jack-a-Boy" "El Dorado: A Kansas Recessional" "The Professor's Commencement" "The Treasure of Far Island" "A Death in the Desert" "A Wagner Matinee" "The Sculptor's Funeral" "Flavia and Her Artists" "The Garden Lodge" "The Marriage of Phaedra" "Paul's Case" "The Namesake" "The Profile" "The Willing Muse" "Eleanor's House" "On the Gulls' Road" "The Enchanted Bluff" "The Joy of Nelly Deane" "Behind the Singer Tower" "The Bohemian Girl" "Consequences" "The Bookkeeper's Wife" "The Diamond Mine" "A Gold Slipper" "Ardessa" "Scandal" "Her Boss" "Coming, Eden Bower!" "Uncle Valentine" "Double Birthday" "Neighbour Rosicky" "Two Friends" "The Old Beauty" "Before Breakfast" "The Best Years"

Short story collections	The Troll Garden Youth and the Bright Medusa Obscure Destinies The Old Beauty and Others Five Stories

Collection of poems	April Twilights

Non-fiction	On Writing Not Under Forty

Collaborations	The Life of Mary Baker G. Eddy and the History of Christian Science

Adaptations	A Lost Lady (1934 film) O Pioneers! (1992 film) My Antonia (1995 film) The Song of the Lark (2001 film) O Pioneers! (2009 opera)

Willa Cather Birthplace Willa Cather House Willa Cather Foundation WILLA Literary Award

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