"On impuse he turned off Main Street and walked up Central Avenue to number 130... it was an immaculate and friendly house, grand enough, but not pretentious..."

East of Eden

Steinbeck House, 132 Central Ave., Salinas, Ca.

John Steinbeck was born in this house on Feb. 27, 1902. Steinbeck lived here for 9 years. While living in this house he wrote his first stories, wrote parts of The Red Pony and Tortilla Flat, and wrote "The White Quail" and "The Chrysanthemums."