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The Stephen Vincent Benét House, commonly referred to as Benét House, is a historic house on the Summerville campus of Augusta University in Augusta, Georgia. The house was built 1827–29 as the Commandant's House of the Augusta Arsenal, and is a much-altered example of Federal period architecture.
- November 11, 1971
- 64 acres (26 ha)
- Federal
- 2500 Walton Way, Augusta, Georgia
Death. Benét's gravesite at Evergreen Cemetery in Stonington, Connecticut. Benét died of a heart attack in New York City on March 13, 1943, at age 44. [14] He is interred in Evergreen Cemetery in Stonington, Connecticut, where he owned the historic Amos Palmer House .
- Writer
- March 13, 1943 (aged 44), New York City, U.S.
- July 22, 1898, Fountain Hill, Pennsylvania, U.S.
The Commandant’s House at the Augusta Arsenal is the extant building most significantly associated with the career of Stephen Vincent Benét. The 2-story building is of load-bearing brick in the Federal style with a side-hall plan and a full basement.
Between the years 1928 and 1943, Stephen Vincent Benét was one of the best-known living American poets, more widely read than Robert Frost, T.S. Eliot, William Carlos Williams, or Wallace Stevens and as well respected in book review columns.
Noted poet and novelist Stephen Vincent Benét lived here when his father, Colonel James Walker Benét commanded the Augusta Arsenal from 1911 to 1919. The house later served as the President's House of Augusta College.
- 1827–29
- State of Georgia
- 1816
- Augusta, Georgia
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Apr 17, 2024 · Stephen Vincent Benét (born July 22, 1898, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died March 13, 1943, New York, New York) was an American poet, novelist, and writer of short stories, best known for John Brown’s Body, a long narrative poem on the American Civil War.
The house was built 1827–29 as the Commandant's House of the Augusta Arsenal, and is a much-altered example of Federal period architecture. The house was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1971 for its association with the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Stephen Vincent Benét (1898–1943), who lived here in the 1910s.
