NRHP: Cather House, WCTG
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Cather House; WCTG
NRHP Reference #: 69000139
NRHP Listing Date: 19690416
Location
245 Cedar, Red Cloud, Webster County, Nebraska
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Summary
World famous author Willa Sibert Cather (1873-1947) moved with her family from Virginia to the Red Cloud area in 1883. Many of her best known writings deal with life in the Red Cloud vicinity. The Cather House, in which she lived from 1884 to 1890, figures prominently in The Song of the Lark, The Best Years, and Old Mrs. Harris. This house, located in Red Cloud, is the most important Nebraska building associated with her literary career.
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