Willow Shade, also known as the Willa Cather House, is a historic home located near
Winchester
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,
Frederick County, Virginia
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. The house was built in 1851, and is a two-story, five-bay-by-three-bay, rectangular brick dwelling in a vernacular
Late Greek Revival style. It has a three bay by two bay rear ell. The house sits on an
English basement
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. It was the childhood home of author
Willa Cather
Willa Sibert Cather (; born Wilella Sibert Cather; December 7, 1873 – April 24, 1947) was an American writer known for her novels of life on the Great Plains, including ''O Pioneers!'', ''The Song of the Lark (novel), The Song of the Lark'', a ...
(1873–1947) and was built by her grandfather, William Cather. She was born at the nearby
Willa Cather Birthplace and resided at Willow Shade from 1874 to 1883 before moving to Nebraska.
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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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in 1990.[
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See also
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*List of residences of American writers
Listed below are notable or preserved private residences in the United States of significant American writers. These writers' homes, where many Pulitzer Prize, Pulitzer Prize-winning books were written, also inspired the settings of many notable p ...
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Greek Revival houses in Virginia
Houses completed in 1851
Houses in Frederick County, Virginia
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
National Register of Historic Places in Frederick County, Virginia
Willa Cather
1851 establishments in Virginia
Brick buildings and structures in Virginia
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