John Griffith "Jack" London (born John Griffith Chaney) was born at this location on January 12, 1876.

The American author who wrote the novels The Call of the Wild and White Fang, and the short stories "To Build a Fire", "An Odyssey of the North", and "Love of Life", spent the early years of his life at this location.

The home burned down in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake fire, and the plaque celebrating London was placed here in 1953.

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Herman Melville, author of Moby-Dick, Billy Budd, "Bartleby the Scrivener" and many other works, was born at this location on August 1, 1819 when it was 6 Pearl Street. Today, Pearl Street no longer exists at this location and it's the home of the 17 State Street tower.

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Arthur Miller, playwright of All My Sons, The Crucible, lived at this address in the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood while finishing Death of a Salesman.

In 1955, he sold the property to W. E. B. DuBois.

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Opened in 1922, and the source of the phrase "86'ed"- Chumley's has been a speakeasy for writers for several generations.

On September 22, 2000, the Friends of Libraries USA placed a plaque at the location that read the following:

A celebrated haven frequented by poets, novelists and playwrights, who helped define twentieth century American literature. These writers include Willa Cather, E.E. Cummings, Theodore Dreiser, William Faulkner, Ring Lardner, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Eugene O'Neill, John Dos Passos, and John Steinbeck.

J.D. Salinger used to meet up with other writers here while he was writing short stories before WWII.

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J.D. Salinger had a post office box (P.O. Box 32) at this location for several years. He was photo-ambushed here numerous times.

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