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Related Historical Markers
These are some of Willa Cather’s residences that have been marked with historical markers, beginning with her birthplace in Virginia.
By J. J. Prats, January 30, 2016
The Rachel E. Boak House and Willa Cather’s Birthplace
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| | Here Willa Sibert Cather, the novelist, was born December 7, 1873. This community was her home until 1883, when her family moved to Nebraska. Nearby on Back Creek stands the old mill described in her novel Saphira and the Slave Girl. — — Map (db m92498) HM |
| | This house, built in 1858, was the childhood home of novelist Willa Cather from 1874 to 1883, when she moved with her family to Nebraska. It was the setting of the final chapters of her novel Sapphira and the Slave Girl. Willa Cather was born . . . — — Map (db m3095) HM |
| | Built ca. 1876, this is the house in which Willa Cather lived from 1884 to 1890. She describes it in "Old Mrs. Harris," in "The Best Years," and in this quotation from Song of the Lark:
"They turned into another street and saw . . . — — Map (db m77976) HM |
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Willa Cather 1873-1947
Richard Wright 1908-1960
Willa Cather, author of
My Antonia, wrote her first novel,
Alexander's Bridge, here in 1912.
Richard Wright, author of Native Son,
wrote his autobiography, . . . — — Map (db m106296) HM |
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The noted American author Willa Cather lived on the second floor of 5 Bank Street on this site from 1913 until the house was torn down in 1927.
During this period she produced many of her most important literary works, including "Song of the . . . — — Map (db m125990) HM |
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During the early 1890s American impressionist artists John H. Twachtman and J. Alden Weir began teaching summer art classes here in Cos Cob to students of New York's Art Students League. Edward and Josephine Holley ran the Bush-Holley House, then . . . — — Map (db m38747) HM |
Apr. 27, 2024
