Carson McCullers House is a historic home located at South Nyack in

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. It is a two-story Second Empire–style residence constructed in 1880 and modified with subsequent interior and exterior modifications largely in the

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spirit about 1910. It is a frame structure built originally as

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, three bays wide and four bays deep. It features a one-story

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, a slate-covered

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, and an interesting multi-story tower projection crowned by a bell-cast roof. It was home to noted author

Carson McCullers Carson McCullers (February 19, 1917 – September 29, 1967) was an American novelist, short-story writer, playwright, essayist, and poet. Her first novel, ''The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter'' (1940), explores the spiritual isolation of misfits ...

(1917–1967) from 1945 to 1967. ''See also:'' It was listed on the

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in 2006.

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Second Empire architecture in New York (state) Queen Anne architecture in New York (state) Houses completed in 1880 Houses in Rockland County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Rockland County, New York {{RocklandCountyNY-NRHP-stub