Built by Humphrey, Oscar F. Area 400 m² | NRHP Reference # 86000209 Added to NRHP 14 February 1986 | |
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Location 4232 McPherson Ave., St. Louis, Missouri Similar Eads Bridge, St Louis Mercantile Library, Missouri Botanical Garden, The Muny, Convention Center station | ||
The Kate Chopin House, located at 4232 McPherson Avenue in St. Louis, Missouri, is the former home of author Kate Chopin. The house was built in 1897 by contractor Oscar F. Humphrey. Chopin moved to the house in 1903 and lived there until her death in 1904; while living in the house, she wrote her last poem and story. Chopin grew up in St. Louis before moving to Louisiana with her husband; after his death, she returned to St. Louis, where she began her writing career. Her stories discussed the evolving role of women in American society, and contemporary literary critics considered her one of the most significant St. Louis authors of the period. The house at 4232 McPherson is her only surviving former residence in St. Louis.
The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 14, 1986.