Zane Grey House, West side of Scenic Drive, Lackawaxen, Pike County, PA

Significance: Zane Grey (1872-1939), a noted fisherman and author of novels about the American West, began his professional writing career in Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania where he lived from 1906 until 1918. The house, a four-square completed in 1906 for Grey's brother and sister-in-law, was purchased by Zane Grey in 1914 and he enlarged it in 1915-16. At the time it was surrounded by a cluster of smaller houses and outbuildings that served as family compound and production center for Grey's early novels. After years of intermittent use by the Greys and their friends, the house was purchased in 1945 by Helen Davis, who operated it as an inn for 25 years. In 1973, a portion of the first floor was converted into a museum containing Zane Grey's household furnishings and memorabilia.

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-302

Survey number: HABS PA-5371

Building/structure dates: 1906 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1915 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1916 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: after 1940 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: after 1970 Subsequent Work

National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 83002283

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1906 - 1980

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