Ladies' Literary Club
61 Sheldon St., SE., Grand Rapids, Michigan
Map
Coordinates:
+42.96164, -85.6667242°57'42" N, 85°40'00" W
Quadrangle map:Grand Rapids West
Description
Francis Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940), spokesman for the Jazz Age, wrote several stories and his first published novel, THIS SIDE OF PARADISE, in this Victorian rowhouse. The novels "The Beautiful and the Damned" and "The Great Gatsby" quickly followed. -- National Historic Landmark statement of significance, November 11, 1971
National Register information
Note: The following information comes from the NRHP database and has not been verified.
- Status
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on October 26, 1971
- Reference number
- 71000400
- Architectural styles
- Other architectural type; Victorian: Romanesque; Richardsonian Romanesque
- Areas of significance
- Architecture; Social History
- Levels of significance
- Local; National
- Evaluation criteria
- A - Event; C - Design/Construction
- Property type
- Building
- Historic function
- Civic
- Current function
- Civic
- Period of significance
- 1875-1899