John Steinbeck House (Salinas, California)

The John Steinbeck House is a historic house restaurant and house museum in Salinas, California. The house was the boyhood home of author John Steinbeck. (John Steinbeck 1902-1968)

John Steinbeck House
Location132 Central Ave., Salinas, California
Coordinates36°40′36″N 121°39′29″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1897 (1897)
Architectural styleQueen Anne
NRHP reference No.00000856[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 8, 2000

Steinbeck's boyhood home is a turreted Victorian building in downtown Salinas, which has been preserved and restored by the Valley Guild, a nonprofit organization. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. The house is open for tours during the summer on Sunday afternoons.[2] The National Steinbeck Center is located two blocks away at 1 Main Street.

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