William Saroyan House Museum

William Saroyan House Museum (HM2CDG)

Location: Fresno, CA 93705 Fresno County
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N 36° 47.397', W 119° 50.569'

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William Saroyan 1908-1981

—Pulitzer Prize Winning Writer —

This was the Fresno home of William Saroyan for the last 17 years of his life. In that time he wrote:
1964 — One Day in the Afternoon of the World
1966 — Short Drive, Sweet Chariot
1968 — I Used to Believe I had Forever, Now I'm Not So Sure
1971 — Don't Go, But If You Must, Say Hello to Everybody
1972 — Places Where I've Done Time
1973 — Days of Life and Death and Escape to the Moon
1976 — Sons Come and Go, Mothers Hang in Forever
1978 — Chance Meetings
1979 — Obituaries
1983 — Posthumous: Births and My Name is Saroyan

This home at 2729 W. Griffith Way has been placed on the Fresno City and Fresno County Registers of Historic Places.
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HM NumberHM2CDG
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Year Placed1989
Placed ByWilliam Saroyan Festival Committee
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Date Added Tuesday, October 16th, 2018 at 11:03am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)11S E 246333 N 4075341
Decimal Degrees36.78995000, -119.84281667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 36° 47.397', W 119° 50.569'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds36° 47' 23.82" N, 119° 50' 34.14" W
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Area Code(s)559
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling East
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 2729 W Griffith Way, Fresno CA 93705, US
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