Tennessee Williams Rectory Museum

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from Tennesseewilliamsrectorymuseum.com

“Between 1917 and 1932, young Tom "Tennessee" Williams lived with, and then regularly visited his grandparents in Clarksdale, Mississippi, where his grandfather Walter E. Dakin was rector of St. George's Episcopal Church. 

Williams was deeply influenced by the Mississippi Delta, and featured Clarksdale people, places, and stories in some of his most famous plays, including THE GLASS MENAGERIE, A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, SUMMER AND SMOKE, and ORPHEUS DESCENDING.

The museum is housed in the four upstairs bedrooms in the former rectory of St. George's Episcopal church, once occupied by Williams and his family.”