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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1889/00/00 Sinclair Lewis Home Sinclair Lewis moves with his parents to a newly built eight-room house directly across the street from his birthplace.
1902/00/00 The Lewis family move out.
1956/00/00 The Sinclair Lewis Foundation buys the Lewis home, a duplex, with a stucco exterior. The kitchen had been partitioned, the floors replaced and the front porch enclosed. Working with the Minnesota Historical Society, all the original features are restored.

Data »

Particulars for Sinclair Lewis Boyhood Home:
Sight Category Building
Area of Significance Literature
Level of Significance National
Criteria Person
Historic Use Secondary structure
Historic Use Single dwelling



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 68000027
Resource Type:
Owner: Private
Architect: unknown
Architectural Style: No style listed
Other Certification: Designated National Landmark, National Landmark boundary approved
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Literature
Applicable Criteria: Person
Period of Significance: 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Significant Year: 1885, 1902
Associated People: Lewis,Sinclair
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-Function: Single dwelling, Secondary structure
Current Function: Recreation and Culture
Current Sub-Function: Museum

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