PEOPLE AND IDEAS HERE
The Human Network Behind the Address
The residence survives as a private home; the public marker is intentionally at neighborhood scale.
Robert A. Heinlein
1907–1988
resident · 1935–1942
Heinlein lived and wrote in the house while the Mañana circle met there.
resident · 1935–1942
Leslyn shared the home and its role as a social and literary gathering place.
Interaction circle
• Anthony Boucher, Arthur K. Barnes, Edmond Hamilton, L. Ron Hubbard, Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore, L. Sprague de Camp, Cleve Cartmill, Leigh Brackett, and Jack Williamson were part of the documented circle.
• Ray Bradbury attended occasionally.
LOOK CLOSER
The Gloriously Specific Details
Location history
• The residence survives as a private home; the public marker is intentionally at neighborhood scale.
Interaction circle
• Anthony Boucher, Arthur K. Barnes, Edmond Hamilton, L. Ron Hubbard, Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore, L. Sprague de Camp, Cleve Cartmill, Leigh Brackett, and Jack Williamson were part of the documented circle.
• Ray Bradbury attended occasionally.
Map disclosure
• The marker is a coarse area point, not the residence or parcel.
CONFIRMED · HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
The residence survives as a private home; the public marker is intentionally at neighborhood scale.
INTERPRETATION · IDEA NETWORK
The Heinleins hosted the Mañana Literary Society here, turning a living room into an interaction hub for writers who would reshape American speculative fiction.
UNDERSTAND THE PLACE
Context Without a Doorstep
Public location
Lookout Mountain area (approximate)
Hours
Not applicable to a context-only record. A related public institution may have its own event schedule.
Access
Private residence or private residential area. The public point is deliberately coarse; do not route to, approach, or photograph a home.
Map disclosure
The marker identifies a general area, not a house or parcel.
Photography
Do not photograph residents, windows, or private property, and do not linger.
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