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599 Summit Avenue, Summit Terrace, built 1889, Wilcox & Johnston architects.
Scott's parents moved to an apartment in this brownstone in September 1918. Upon his discharge from the army and the break up of his engagement to Zelda Sayre, Scott determined to return to his hometown and rewrite the novel he had been developing since 1916. Here he gave final form to his breakout novel, This Side of Paradise.