John Steinbeck House (Salinas, California)
The John Steinbeck House is a historic house restaurant and house museum in Salinas, California. The house was the boyhood home of author John Steinbeck. (John Steinbeck 1902–1968)
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| Location | 132 Central Ave., Salinas, California |
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| Coordinates | 36°40′36″N 121°39′29″W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1897 |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne |
| NRHP reference No. | 00000856[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 8, 2000 |
Steinbeck's boyhood home is a turreted Victorian building in downtown Salinas, which has been preserved and restored by the Valley Guild, a nonprofit organization. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. The house is open for tours during the summer on Sunday afternoons.[2] The National Steinbeck Center is located two blocks away at 1 Main Street.
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See also
- John Steinbeck House (Monte Sereno, California), another Steinbeck home on the NRHP
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- John Steinbeck's Home and Birthplace, Information Point. Retrieved 2007.
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