Claim: When Sinclair Lewis was just a few months old the family moved across the street into this house but Emma Lewis died in 1891, when Lewis was six.
Evidence: The Sinclair Lewis Boyhood Home is a historic house museum and National Historic Landmark in Sauk Centre, Minnesota, United States. Emma Lewis died in 1891, when Lewis was six. When Lewis was just a few months old the family moved across the street into this house.