National Landmark "Kate Chopin House" is lost to fire

October 1, 2008 by Jeff Guin
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CLOUTIERVILLE, LA–The Kate Chopin House, named for the legendary feminist writer who lived there during the 1880s, burned to the ground in an early morning fire today. The structure had been named a National Historic Landmark by the United States Department of Interior in 1993.

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