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Today, the Ernie Pyle Library houses a small collection of adult and children's books, as well as Pyle memorabilia and archives. Although the house is an active branch library, its appearance as a home was carefully preserved. Both the interior room configuration and the landscaping, even the picket fence built by Pyle and the grave marker of his dog, Cheetah, have been preserved. It is visited by thousands of people every year from throughout the world.
Today, the Ernie Pyle Library houses a small collection of adult and children's books, as well as Pyle memorabilia and archives. Although the house is an active branch library, its appearance as a home was carefully preserved. Both the interior room configuration and the landscaping, even the picket fence built by Pyle and the grave marker of his dog, Cheetah, have been preserved. It is visited by thousands of people every year from throughout the world.


The house was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] on September 22, 1997, and designated a [[National Historic Landmark]] on September 20, 2006.<ref name="nhlsum"/><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.doi.gov/news/06_News_Releases/061013.html| title=Ernie Pyle's Home a National Historic Landmark| author=U.S. Department of the Interior| accessdate=October 31, 2006| authorlink=United States Department of the Interior}} {{Dead link|date=November 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref><ref name="nrhpinv_not">Note: A National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination document should be available upon request from the National Park Service for this site, but it appears not to be available on-line from the [http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreghome.do?searchtype=natreghome NPS Focus search site].</ref>
The house was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] on September 22, 1997, and designated a [[National Historic Landmark]] on September 20, 2006.<ref name="nhlsum"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.doi.gov/news/06_News_Releases/061013.html |title=Ernie Pyle's Home a National Historic Landmark |author=U.S. Department of the Interior |accessdate=October 31, 2006 |authorlink=United States Department of the Interior |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/20070125100622/http://www.doi.gov:80/news/06_News_Releases/061013.html |archivedate=January 25, 2007 }}</ref><ref name="nrhpinv_not">Note: A National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination document should be available upon request from the National Park Service for this site, but it appears not to be available on-line from the [http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreghome.do?searchtype=natreghome NPS Focus search site].</ref>


==References==
==References==

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Ernie Pyle House
Entrance to Ernie Pyle House and Library
Ernie Pyle House/Library is located in New Mexico
Ernie Pyle House/Library
Location900 Girard Boulevard, SE, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Built1940
ArchitectArthur McCollum
Architectural styleModern Movement
NRHP reference No.97001103
NMSRCP No.1659
Significant dates
Added to NRHPSeptember 22, 1997[2]
Designated NHLSeptember 20, 2006[3]
Designated NMSRCPMay 9, 1997[1]

The Ernie Pyle House/Library, at 900 Girard Boulevard, SE in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is the former home of famed war correspondent Ernie Pyle. It is a branch of the Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Library System and contains Pyle memorabilia and a monument to Pyle, who was killed in the Pacific in 1945.

History

Pyle and his wife, Jerry, had this house built in 1940 after years of roving the country as a columnist for Scripps-Howard Newspapers. Pyle was born in Indiana, but chose Albuquerque for a home after visiting many times and developing, in Pyle's words, "a deep, unreasoning affection" for New Mexico.

Pyle's dispatches from military theaters overseas, which focused on the war through the experiences of front-line infantry soldiers, were read avidly by millions during World War II. He was the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished war correspondence in 1945. Some of his columns mentioned the "little white house and picket fence" back in Albuquerque.

Pyle died from a sniper's bullet on the island of Ie Shima. Jerry Pyle died later in 1945. The City of Albuquerque acquired the house from the Pyle estate in 1948, and converted it into its first branch library.

Today, the Ernie Pyle Library houses a small collection of adult and children's books, as well as Pyle memorabilia and archives. Although the house is an active branch library, its appearance as a home was carefully preserved. Both the interior room configuration and the landscaping, even the picket fence built by Pyle and the grave marker of his dog, Cheetah, have been preserved. It is visited by thousands of people every year from throughout the world.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 22, 1997, and designated a National Historic Landmark on September 20, 2006.[3][4][5]

References

  1. ^ "New Mexico State and National Registers". New Mexico Historic Preservation Commission. Retrieved 2013-03-13.
  2. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 15, 2006.
  3. ^ a b "Ernie Pyle House". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved 2008-06-03.
  4. ^ U.S. Department of the Interior. "Ernie Pyle's Home a National Historic Landmark". Archived from the original on January 25, 2007. Retrieved October 31, 2006. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ Note: A National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination document should be available upon request from the National Park Service for this site, but it appears not to be available on-line from the NPS Focus search site.
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