F. Scott Fitzgerald Wrote His First Novel In This Minnesota Brownstone
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The F. Scott Fitzgerald House, aka the Summit Terrace, is located on 599 Summit Avenue in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It’s where the author wrote his first book, This Side of Paradise, in 1920. Fitzgerald moved there in 1919 after completing his military service. The New York-style row house is now a National Historic Landmark.
The writer’s parents moved into the brownstone in 1914 when Fitzgerald was at Princeton University. The author lived there until 1920, where he also wrote a series of short stories. It’s closely connected to his literary fame. He reportedly didn’t like the street, calling it “a mausoleum of American architectural monstrosities.”
