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Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home in Savannah

Atlas Obscura·Added By Brett William Vinopal·21 days ago
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Though many may associate the 'A Good Man is Hard to Find' author with her peacock farm in Milledgeville, celebrated Southern writer Flannery O'Connor began life in Savannah, GA. The townhome in which she spent her childhood is located on a quiet Charlton Street, shaded by live oak, looking over picturesque Lafayette Square, and facing the stunningly gothic revival Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist. With such a looming presence, it is no wonder how prominent O'Connor's Catholicism was in her life and writing.

Although, later in life, she would refer to it simply as "the house I was raised in," we can't overlook the fact that it was the home that shaped her world from birth in 1925 to 1938. 

Today, The Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home Foundation operates a museum out of the townhouse as well as making efforts to preserve the home itself.

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