SW corner of 3rd and Cedar Sts., Red Cloud, Nebraska. County/parish: Webster.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 16, 1969. NRIS 69000139.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
The Willa Cather House, also known as the Willa Cather Childhood Home, is a historic house museum at 241 North Cedar Street in Red Cloud, Nebraska. Built in 1878, it is the house where author Willa Cather (1873–1947) grew up. Cather's descriptions of frontier life in Nebraska were an important part of the literary canon of the early 20th century. The house was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1971. The house is one of eight structures that make up the Willa Cather State Historic Site, which is owned by the Willa Cather Foundation.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/73919945