Carson McCullers

Carson McCullers (HMSWT)

Location: Columbus, GA 31906 Muscogee County
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Country: United States of America
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N 32° 28.507', W 84° 57.378'

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1917 - 1967

The family of author Carson McCullers moved to this house in 1927. Here Lula Carson Smith spent her formative years 10-17 and here she began to write, putting on shows in the two sitting rooms, using the sliding doors as curtains and drafting brother Lamar and sister Rita as actors. Shows grew into plays, stories, and novels. She left to study writing in New York in 1934. When a teacher told her that the best stories can be found in one's back yard, her "green arcade" of trees drew her home again. In the summer of 1935 she met James Reeves McCullers, Jr., whom she married in the garden here in Sept., 1937. They moved to North Carolina where the young author completed her first novel The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter. During World War II, with Reeves overseas, Carson lived in New York but often returned home to work and rest. She liked to sit in the kitchen, absorbing its warmth, the aroma of food cooking and the conversation of the cook. In her front bedroom, she kept her piano and the typewriter where she worked on her novel and later prize winning-play, The Member of the Wedding. After the death of her father in 1944, Carson and her mother made their home in Nyack, N.Y.
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Placed ByThe Friends of Carson McCullers, Inc
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Date Added Monday, October 6th, 2014 at 7:07am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)16S E 692053 N 3594940
Decimal Degrees32.47511667, -84.95630000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 32° 28.507', W 84° 57.378'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds32° 28' 30.42" N, 84° 57' 22.68" W
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Area Code(s)706
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1519 Stark Ave, Columbus GA 31906, US
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