In a message dated 6/22/01 11:16:43 PM US Eastern Standard Time, philnaff@home.com writes: > Hi, > > Was wondering if anyone knew if the home of Rex Stout (author of the Nero > Wolfe mystery series) is still in existence or where the site is/was? I > understand he was born in Noblesville in 1886, but that he grew up in > Kansas. > > Did a check of the internet, but couldn't seem to find any info about where > it might be or if anyone knows where it is/was. > > Rex Stout 1896-1975 Rex Stout was born in Noblesville, In. the son of John Wallace Stout and Lucetta Elizabeth Todhunter, who were Quakers.He was educated at Topeka High School, Kansas, and at the University of Kansas, Lawrence. From 1906 to 1908 he served in the United States Navy as a Yeoman on President Theodore Roosevelt's Yacht. He worked as an Office Boy, Bookkeper, Store Manager,and Hotel Manager (1916 -1927. Stout invented the banking system for School children that was installed in 400 cities in the USA. in 1916 he married Fay Kennedy of Topeka, Kansas. They Seperated in 1933 and Stout married Pola Hoffman of Vienna in 1933. This is from a Small article and does not give his Address in Noblesville, but with the above Information someone can very eaisly find that for you. Jack E. Briles Sr. jb502000@aol.com New Albany, In.