Robert E. Howard Museum
Coordinates: 32 ° 7 ′ 17.5 ″ N , 99 ° 10 ′ 19.2 ″ W.
The Robert E. Howard Museum is a museum located in Cross Plains , Callahan County , Texas , United States . It's at the intersection of Texas State Highway 36 and Avenue J. It was the home of the author Robert E. Howard , who created Conan the Cimmerian . The structure was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994 .
history
The T-shaped, white-painted house was built by the married couple JM Coffman in 1919 using a timber frame construction. Dr. Isaac M. Howard and his wife Hester Ervin Howard bought it a little later. Their son Robert was a teenager when the family moved into the house. The Howards added a bathroom and the back porch. Robert E. Howard committed suicide in 1936 in his car which was parked in the driveway of the house, suicide . His father sold it to Nancy Elizabeth Grisham in 1944.
The building was acquired in 1989 by the Cross Plains-based non-profit organization Project Pride , which had it restored and furnished with stylish furniture. The property was damaged by a tornado that struck Cross Plains in 1994. Project Pride had this damage repaired and a pavilion was built for community events. In 1994 the structure was added to the National Register of Historic Places Listings.
museum
The layman-established Robert E. Howard Press Association and the nonprofit Robert H. Howard Foundation host an event each June to commemorate the author's legacy.
See also
supporting documents
- ↑ Rod Dreher: A Writer Loves and Dies in Texas (English) . In: Sun Sentinel , February 12, 1997. Retrieved February 16, 2012.
- ^ A b NRHP Howard House ( English ) Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved February 16, 2012.
- ^ THC RE Howard House ( English ) Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved on February 16, 2012. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Dale E Rippke: The Hyborian Heresies . Wild Cat Books, 2004, ISBN 978-1411616080 , p. 1.
- ^ Robert E. Howard Home Restored by Project Pride ( English ) CrossPlains.com. Retrieved February 16, 2012.
