Oak Park in Cook County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Edgar Rice Burroughs House

Marker at Edgar Rice Burroughs's House image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sean Flynn, September 30, 2019

1. Marker at Edgar Rice Burroughs's House

Inscription. From 1914-17, author Edgar Rice Burroughs and his family lived in this house. Here he did most of his creative Oak Park work, writing at least 10 Tarzan and Mars stories. Although Tarzan of the Apes had been published in All-Story magazine in October 1912, it was while Burroughs lived in this house that the first edition of that novel was published. Native Chicagoans Burroughs and his wife Emma came to Oak Park to raise their family shown here from left, Joan, Hulbert, and Jack.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Arts, Letters, Music. A significant historical year for this entry is 1914.

Location. 41° 53.898′ N, 87° 47.144′ W. Marker has been reported damaged. Marker is in Oak Park, Illinois, in Cook County. It is on Augusta Street just west of North Ridgeland Avenue, on the right. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 414 Augusta St, Oak Park IL 60302, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Chicago.

It is also in the American Midwest

and on the Great Lakes.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this location: Taylor Park (approx. ¼ mile away); Henry A. Taylor (approx. ¼ mile away); Edgar Rice Burroughs (approx. 0.3 miles away); Continental Divide (approx. 0.4 miles away); a different marker also named Continental Divide (approx. 0.4 miles away); The Life of Hans Christian Andersen (approx.

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0.4 miles away); a different marker also named Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen (approx. 0.4 miles away); Origins of the Literary Fairy Tale (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Oak Park.

Other markers no longer nearby. The Life and Times of Hans Christian Andersen (was approx. 0.4 miles away but has been permanently removed); The Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen (was approx. 0.4 miles away but has been permanently removed); a different marker also named The Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen (was approx. 0.4 miles away but has been permanently removed).

Regarding Edgar Rice Burroughs House. The author of Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs, lived in this house in Oak Park for three years.

Also see . . . ‘Tarzan’ author’s home gets landmark nod. An article in the Wednesday Journal of Oak Park and River Forest reports on Edgar Rice Burroughs's first Oak Park home receiving village landmark status in 2017.

Excerpt: "With enough financial security from the sale of stories – the first title in the Tarzan series, Tarzan of the Apes, was published in 1912 — Burroughs
Photographed by Sean Flynn, August 16, 2023

2. Edgar Rice Burroughs House
purchased his family’s first home at 414 Augusta St. The family of five lived there until 1917, when they moved to 700 Linden Ave. in Oak Park."

(Submitted on November 28, 2024, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.)

Additional keywords. Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs

Credits. This page was last revised on November 28, 2024. It was originally submitted on June 2, 2022, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. This page has been viewed 744 times since then and 53 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on June 2, 2022, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. 2. submitted on August 16, 2023, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.