Sinclair Lewis Boyhood Home

Infobox_nrhp | name = Sinclair Lewis Boyhood Home
nrhp_type =nhl

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location= 812 Sinclair Lewis Avenue, Sauk Centre, Minnesota
lat_degrees = 45
lat_minutes = 44
lat_seconds = 13.7
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 94
long_minutes = 57
long_seconds = 25.1
long_direction = W
locmapin = Minnesota
area =
built =1885cite web| title =Historic American Buildings Survey| publisher =Library of Congress| url =http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/S?pp/hh:@field(SUBJ+@od1(MINNESOTA--Stearns+County--Sauk+Centre))| accessdate =2007-11-05]
architect=
architecture=Wood Frame; cedar roof
designated = May 23, 1968
added = May 23, 1968
governing_body =private
refnum=68000027cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-11-05|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service] [cite web|url=http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/MN/Stearns/state.html|title=National Register of Historic Places|date=2007-11-05|publisher=unofficial site] citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/68000027.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Sinclair Lewis Boyhood Home] |252 KB|author=Stephen Lissandrello |date=August 5, 1975 |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/68000027.pdf Accompanying 3 images from 1975.] |876 KB]

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 home 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. 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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* [http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=784&ResourceType=Building NHL summary]