Willa Cather childhood home
CATHER CHILDHOOD HOME
Built ca. 1879, 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
before them lighted windows; a low story-
and-a-half house, with a wing build on at
the right and a kitchen addition at the
back, everything a little on the slant --
roofs, windows, and doors." Restored and
donated by the Willa Cather Pioneer
Memorial and Educational Foundation.
submitted by JEB John Bradley
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