Robert E. Howard Museum

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The Robert E. Howard Museum is a museum in Cross Plains, Callahan County, Texas, United States. It stands at the intersection of Texas State Highway 36 and Avenue J. It was the home of author Robert E. Howard, Conan has created the Cimmerian. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

History

The T-shaped, white-painted house, the couple JM Coffman was built in 1919 in timber frame construction. Dr. Isaac M. Howard and his wife Hester Ervin Howard bought it a little later. Their son Robert was a teenager when the family moved into the house. The Howards were a bathroom and veranda rückwartige add. Robert E. Howard committed suicide in 1936 in his car which was parked in the driveway of the house suicide. His father sold it in 1944 to Nancy Elizabeth Grisham.

The building was purchased in 1989 by the resident of Cross Plains -profit organization Project Pride, which had it restored and endowed with period furniture. By a tornado that raged in Cross Plains in 1994, the property was damaged. This damage was repaired Project Pride, was also built a pavilion for community events. In 1994, the building on the National Register of Historic Places listings was taken.

Museum

The lay of egründete Robert E. Howard Press Association and the nonprofit Robert H. Howard Foundation set annually in June an event to commemorate the legacy of the author.