John Updike Childhood Home | |
 John Updike Childhood Home | |
| Location | 117 Philadelphia Ave, Shillington, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°18′08″N 75°57′54″W / 40.30222°N 75.96500°W |
| NRHP reference No. | 100003635 |
| Added to NRHP | April 22, 2019 |
The John Updike Childhood Home is the childhood home of American novelist and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner John Updike, who lived there with his father Wesley Russell Updike and mother Linda Grace Hoyer Updike, who was also a writer. The home is located in Shillington, Pennsylvania, a suburb of the City of Reading.[1][2]
- ^ Ecenbarger, William. "Updike's Shillington home being converted to museum." Allentown, Pennsylvania: The Morning Call, August 21, 2014, p. A6 (subscription required).
- ^ Boccella, Kathy. "In the land of Updike's youth." Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The Philadelphia Inquirer, January 28, 2009, pp. A1, A13 (subscription required).