Sinclair Lewis Boyhood Home

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Sinclair Lewis Boyhood Home
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location:	812 Sinclair Lewis Avenue, Sauk Centre, Minnesota
Coordinates:	45°44′13.7″N 94°57′25.1″W / 45.737139°N 94.956972°W / 45.737139; -94.956972Coordinates: 45°44′13.7″N 94°57′25.1″W / 45.737139°N 94.956972°W / 45.737139; -94.956972
Built:	1885^[3]
Architectural style:	Wood Frame; cedar roof
Governing body:	Private
NRHP Reference#:	68000027^[1]^[2]
Added to NRHP:	May 23, 1968^[4]
Designated NHL:	May 23, 1968

The Sinclair Lewis Boyhood Home, located at 812 Sinclair Lewis Avenue, formerly South 3rd Street, Sauk Centre, Minnesota in the United States, was the childhood house of Nobel prize-winning author Sinclair Lewis, who was born February 7, 1885, in a house directly across the street. His most famous book, Main Street was inspired by his home town of Sauk Centre as he perceived it from this home, a simple 8-room frame structure.^[2] His father, Edwin J. Lewis, was a physician and conducted his medical practice out of this house, as was common in that time.

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^ "National Register of Historic Places". unofficial site. 2007-11-05. http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/MN/Stearns/state.html.
^ ^a ^b Stephen Lissandrello (August 5, 1975). National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Sinclair Lewis Boyhood HomePDF (252 KB). National Park Service and Accompanying 3 images from 1975.PDF (876 KB)
^ "Historic American Buildings Survey". Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/S?pp/hh:@field(SUBJ+@od1(MINNESOTA--Stearns+County--Sauk+Centre)). Retrieved 2007-11-05.
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-11-05. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.

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Sauk Centre - Sinclair Lewis Boyhood Home
Sauk Herald, "Sinclair Lewis as only his home town could know him" - includes information about the Sinclair Lewis Boyhood Home
NHL summary

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