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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29UV_boyhood-home-of-sinclair-lewis_Sauk-Centre-MN.html
Harry Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951) spent his formative years in this home. Lewis was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTFE_sinclair-lewis_Sauk-Centre-MN.html
When Harry Sinclair Lewis was born here on a bitter cold February 7, 1885, Sauk Centre was a raw prairie town with an unpaved main street and five or six blocks of false fronts. A gawky, sensitive child who achieved little success in school and wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTFC_the-episcopal-church-of-the-good-samaritan_Sauk-Centre-MN.html
Designed by its first Vicar, the Reverend George Stewart, this is the oldest church building in continuous use in Sauk Centre. Construction was begun in the spring of 1869 and completion of the $6700 structure was made possible by a $2000 gift sen…
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has been designated aRegistered NationalHistoric Landmark under the provisions of theHistorical Sites Act of August 21st 1935.This site possesses exceptional valuein commemorating and illustratingthe history of United States. U.S. Department…
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