Nelson Algren summer house - Miller Beach, Gary, IN
Posted by: adgorn
N 41° 36.887 W 087° 15.851
16T E 477989 N 4607040
House where Nelson Algren summered in Miller Beach, sometimes accompanied by Simone de Beauvoir, on Forest Avenue just south of the Miller lagoon.
Waymark Code: WM153Y7
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 10/11/2021
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"Nelson Algren bought his beach cottage in Miller, Indiana in 1950, partially from the proceeds from the film rights to “The Man with a Golden Arm.” Algren and Simone de Beauvoir drank, swam, hiked, made love, wrote and enjoyed the dunes area just east of Gary only forty-five minutes from downtown Chicago. the small white beach house is still there at 6223 Forrest Avenue, largely unchanged. He brought his friends like photographer Art Shay, and carried on a torrid affair with de Beauvoir there."
It's a secluded spot and private property, barely visible from the street. A trail named after Algren runs off to the east.