住所和地点
Steinbeck lived in a number of locations in California and New York.
斯坦贝克之家，萨利纳斯
建于1897年，由J. J. Conner, the two-story frame dwelling is located in Salinas, California two blocks west of Main 街 on the corner of Central Avenue and St一个 街. The house was purchased by Steinbeck's parents in 1900, and he was born in the bedroom to the left of the entrance way on 27 February 1902. 约翰在这里长大 occupying an upstairs bedroom that overlooked Central Avenue. 以斯坦贝克的父母命名 passed away in the middle 1930s, the house was sold to Mrs. Marie Koenecke Klute. The Klutes resided there until 1953, after which the home was unoccupied except for 临时租客. 在1967年. Klute passed away, the house was entrusted to the Hartnell College Newman Foundation as a center for the Newman Club. 学生 members took on the task of renovating the house which was dedicated on 20 December 1969. The Newman Club used the house as a student residence and meeting hall. In 1971 the club sold the house to the Valley Guild of Salinas, a women's organization, and the home was converted into a restaurant staffed by volunteers. 这里供应午餐 平日及星期六. 访问 The Steinbeck House Website for menus, hours, and further background information.
Steinbeck's House at Sunset, a woodcut donated to the Center by Lee Richard Hayman.
太平洋树林小屋
In 1903 John Ernest Steinbeck, Sr. built a small three-room summer cottage painted
reddish brown at 147 Eleventh 街 in Pacific Grove, California. 这所房子
used by the Steinbeck family as a summer vacation home. Steinbeck lived in this cottage
periodically from 1930-1936 with his first wife, Carol, as he struggled to become
成功的作家. He returned to the house to live at various times in the 1940s.
绿林巷家园
In May 1936, John and Carol Steinbeck purchased a 0.663 hectare plot of land in what
was then Los Gatos, California (now Monte Sereno). Carol designed a small, 139 square
meter home, built in summer 1936 and the first home owned by Steinbeck. 以确保
his 隐私, Steinbeck built an 250cm-high grape stake fence around the property.
On the entrance gate he placed a carved wooden plaque, "Arroyo del Ajo" (Garlic Gulch).
While living in this house, Steinbeck completed 人与鼠 写了很多愤怒的葡萄. There he entertained guests such as Burgess Meredith and Charlie Chaplin. 因为
other homes were being built close by to the Steinbecks, they began to lose their
隐私. Consequently they moved again, selling this house in September 1938. 在12月
1989, this house was added to the National Historic Registry. 斯坦贝克建造的
the house for approximately $8,000; it sold in 2004 for $5,600,000.
比德尔牧场别墅
The Steinbecks started looking at secluded real estate by mid-summer of 1938, in
the midst of Steinbeck's work on 愤怒的葡萄. They settled on the Biddle ranch, a 19 hectare spread in the Santa Cruz Mountains
above Los Gatos, California. After selling their property on Greenwood Lane, the Steinbecks
moved into the existing old farmhouse while their new home was being built. 建设
of the home began early September 1938 and was completed by December. 当他们活着的时候
in this house, their marriage was deteriorating. John and Carol separated in April
194l, and the property was sold in August 1941.
Eardley 街 House in Pacific Grove
April 1941 April, after his separation from Carol, Steinbeck purchased a small house
on Eardley 街 in Pacific Grove, California. He spent time with Ed Ricketts at
the lab, which was less than 1km away. During his stay in this house, he worked on 科尔特斯海 一个剧本(被遗忘的村庄). After his divorce from Carol became final in 1943, John married Gwyndolyn Conger
and they moved to New York City.
蒙特雷的索托之家
The Lara Soto Adobe is on Pierce 街 in Monterey, California. 1944年10月，
Gwyn and John Steinbeck moved back to Monterey. Steinbeck had admired this old adobe
home from his youth, but his delight in his new house was short-lived. 因为
the cool reception he received in Monterey, John and Gwyn and their baby boy, Thom,
moved back to New York City.
