Thursday, March 11, 2010

Upton Sinclair's Helicon Hall

Upton Sinclair used the income from The Jungle to found a socialist utopian colony known as Helicon Hall in Englewood, New Jersey. Ellis O. Jones was a Trustee of the venture.

On Sunday, March 7, 1907 Helicon Hall burned to the ground. The New York Times covered the story ten days later.

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