George Washington Cable House

Infobox_nrhp | name =George Washington Cable House
nrhp_type =nhl

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caption = In 2008
location= 1313 8th St.,New Orleans, Louisiana
lat_degrees = 29
lat_minutes = 55
lat_seconds = 34.87
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 90
long_minutes = 5
long_seconds = 13.8
long_direction = W
locmapin = Louisiana
area =
built =1874
architect= Unknown
architecture= Colonial, Other
designated= December 29, 1962cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=255&ResourceType=Building
title=George Washington Cable House |accessdate=2008-01-04|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = October 15, 1966cite 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 = Private
refnum=66000374

George Washington Cable House is a cottage at 1313 8th Street in the Garden District of New Orleans, Louisiana. It was the home of George Washington Cable (1844–1925), an American novelist who wrote of Creole life, during the period in which he rose to national prominence.

He lived in this home during 1874-1884. The house was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1962.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/66000374.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: George Washington Cable House] |221 KB|date=May 23, 1975 |author=Patricia Heintzelman |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/66000374.pdf "Accompanying 2 photos, exterior, from 1975."] |636 KB]

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