John Steinbeck House (Monte Sereno, California)

Historic house in California, United States

United States historic place

John Steinbeck House

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location| 16250 Greenwood Ln., Monte Sereno, California
Coordinates| 37°13′57″N 121°59′55″W﻿ / ﻿37.23250°N 121.99861°W﻿ / 37.23250; -121.99861
Area| 1.6 acres (0.65 ha)
Built by| Lawrence Case
Architectural style| Modern Movement, Ranch Style
NRHP reference No.| 89002117[1]
Added to NRHP| December 28, 1989

The John Steinbeck House at 16250 Greenwood Lane in Monte Sereno, California, was the home of author John Steinbeck from 1936 to 1938. The house was built in 1936, in the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains in what was then part of the town of Los Gatos, California, for Steinbeck and his wife, Carol. While living in the house, Steinbeck wrote The Grapes of Wrath and completed Of Mice and Men. The Steinbecks added a guest house to the property after the house's completion; renowned actors, literary agents, and friends of the Steinbecks stayed in the guest house while visiting the couple. In 1938, the Steinbecks left the house, as they felt that its location was no longer as secluded as it had been two years earlier.[2]

The John Steinbeck House was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 28, 1989.[1] Unlike Steinbeck's birthplace in Salinas, California, this house is now a private residence and is closed to the public.[3]

## See also

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* John Steinbeck House (Salinas, California), another Steinbeck residence on the NRHP

## References

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1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. ^ Bennett, Mardin (May 29, 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: John Steinbeck House". National Park Service. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
3. ^ "John Steinbeck House - Monte Sereno, CA - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com". waymarking.com. Retrieved September 13, 2018.

## External links

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* Photos from the NRHP nomination

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John Steinbeck

Novels and
novellas|

* Cup of Gold (1929)
* The Red Pony (1933)
* To a God Unknown (1933)
* Tortilla Flat (1935)
* In Dubious Battle (1936)
* Of Mice and Men (1937)
* The Grapes of Wrath (1939)
* The Moon Is Down (1942)
* Cannery Row (1945)
* The Wayward Bus (1947)
* The Pearl (1947)
* Burning Bright (1950)
* East of Eden (1952)
* Sweet Thursday (1954)
* The Short Reign of Pippin IV: A Fabrication (1957)
* The Winter of Our Discontent (1961)
* The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights (1976)

Short story
collections|

* The Pastures of Heaven (1932)
* The White Quail (1935)
* The Long Valley (1938)

Screenplays|

* The Forgotten Village (1941)
* Lifeboat (1944)
* The Pearl (1947)
* The Red Pony (1949)
* Viva Zapata! (1952)

Adaptations|

| Of Mice and Men|

* 1937 play
* 1939 film
* 1969 opera
* 1992 film
* Best Laid Plans (2012 film)

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The Grapes of Wrath|

* 1940 film
* 1988 play
* 2007 opera

The Red Pony|

* 1949 film
* score
* 1973 film

East of Eden|

* 1955 film
* 1981 miniseries
* Upcoming miniseries

Other|

* Tortilla Flat (1942 film)
* The Moon Is Down (1943 film)
* La perla (The Pearl) (1947 film)
* The Wayward Bus (1957 film)
* Cannery Row (1982 film)
* The Winter of Our Discontent (1983 film)
* In Dubious Battle (2016 film)

Non-fiction|

* The Harvest Gypsies (1936)
* Sea of Cortez: A Leisurely Journal of Travel and Research (1941)
* Bombs Away: The Story of a Bomber Team (1942)
* A Russian Journal (1948)
* The Log from the Sea of Cortez (1951)
* Once There Was a War (1958)
* Travels with Charley (1962)
* America and Americans (1966)
* Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters (1969)
* Steinbeck in Vietnam (2012)

Legacy|

* National Steinbeck Center
* Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies
* John Steinbeck Award
* John Steinbeck Award for Fiction

Related|

* Elaine Anderson Steinbeck (third wife)
* Thomas Steinbeck (son)
* John Steinbeck IV (son)
* Salinas boyhood home
* Monte Sereno home
* Pacific Biological Laboratories
* Ed Ricketts
* Western Flyer (boat)
* Personal stamp (Pigasus)
* Cathy Ames (character)
* An Impression of John Steinbeck: Writer (1969 documentary)

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