Eudora Welty House

Eudora Welty House

Infobox_nrhp | name =Eudora Welty House
nrhp_type =nhl


caption =
location= 1119 Pinehurst Street, Jackson, Mississippi
lat_degrees = 32
lat_minutes = 19
lat_seconds = 7.7
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 90
long_minutes = 10
long_seconds = 13.22
long_direction = W
locmapin = Mississippi
area =
built =1925
architect= Wyatt C. Hedrick
architecture= Tudor Revival
designated= August 18, 2004cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=-1308003686&ResourceType=Building
title=Eudora Welty House |accessdate=2007-10-23|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = November 21, 2002cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = State
refnum=02001388

The Eudora Welty House in Jackson, Mississippi was the home of author Eudora Welty. It was built by her parents in 1925,Cite web|url=http://moreresults.factiva.com/results/index/index.aspx?ref=SHMS000020060502e2520001h|title=One Writer's Retreat|accessdate=2008-05-08|year=2006-05-02|work=The Sun Herald] declared a National Historic Landmark in 2004citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/02001388.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Eudora Welty House] |387 KB|date=January 13, 2002 |author=Richard J. Cawthon and Daniel J. Vivian |publisher=National Park Service] and opened to the public as a museum in 2006.Cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/04/garden/04welty.html?_r=1&oref=login&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=all|title=A Shrine to Southern Literature, Slightly Frayed|accessdate=2008-05-08|year=2006-05-04|author=Roger Mudd|work=The New York Times] The renovation of the house is part of a larger effort to promote Mississippi's literary heritage as a means of developing tourism to the state.Cite web|url=http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/summary_0199-4236334_ITM|title=State's Literary History Plays Role in Tourism Development|accessdate=2008-05-08|year=2005-05-02|author=George McNeill|work=Mississippi Business Journal]

References

External links

* [http://mdah.state.ms.us/welty/index.html Eudora Welty House, at Mississippi Department of Archives & History]


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