Midtown in St. Louis, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
2635 Locust Street
birthplace and boyhood home of T.S. Eliot
— 1888-1965 —
Philosopher
Literary Critic
Dramatist
Nobel Laureate
Erected 1998 by St. Louis T.S. Eliot Memorial Committee and St. Louis Authors Project.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Arts, Letters, Music.
Location. 38° 38.065′ N, 90° 12.894′ W. Marker is in St. Louis, Missouri. It is in Midtown. Marker is on Locust Street, 0.1 miles west of Jefferson Avenue, on the right when traveling west. Marker is in front of a parking lot. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2635 Locust Street, Saint Louis MO 63103, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Virginia Minor (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Mendenhall Building (about 600 feet away); Willys Building (about 800 feet away); Peerless Building (approx. 0.2 miles away); Scott Joplin Residence (approx. 0.2 miles away); Packard Building (approx. ¼ mile away); Golden Lane (approx. ¼ mile away); Lambert-Deacon-Hull Printing Company Building (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in St. Louis.
More about this marker. Around the marker is a list of some of Eliot's works: Preludes, The Hollow Men, Ash-Wednesday, The Waste Land, Gerontion, Four Quartets, Portrait of a Lady, The Cocktail Party, Murder in the Cathedral, Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats and The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.
Regarding 2635 Locust Street. A similar marker highlighting Eliot's home during his teenage years was placed by the same organization at the same time at 4446 Westminster Place in the Central West End neighborhood of St. Louis.
Also see . . .
1. T.S. Eliot on Wikipedia. (Submitted on February 21, 2020, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois.)
2. T.S. Eliot bio on Nobel Prize website. (Submitted on February 21, 2020, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois.)
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