Robert Frost
1874 - 1963
ROBERT LEE FROST
THIS GREAT POET WAS BORN IN SAN FRANCISCO, MARCH 26,
1874. FIRST CHILD OF WILLIAM PRESCOTT FROST JR. AND
ISABELLE MOODIE FROST. HE LIVED IN SEVEN HOUSES HERE
ALL EAST OF VAN NESS AVENUE AND NORTH OF MARKET
STREET. UPON HIS FATHER’S DEATH IN 1885, HIS MOTHER
TOOK HIM AND HIS SISTER BACK TO MASSACHUSETTS.
FROST WAS FOUR TIMES AWARDED THE PULITZER PRIZE
FOR POETRY; RECEIVED FORTY-THREE HONORARY DEGREES
AND THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL FROM PRESIDENT KENNEDY;
WAS APPOINTED CONSULTANT IN POETRY, LIBRARY OF
CONGRESS. HE BEST DESCRIBED HIMSELF AS "ONE-HALF
FARMER, ONE-HALF TEACHER AND ONE-HALF POET."
“SUCH WAS LIFE IN THE GOLDEN GATE:
GOLD DUSTED ALL WE DRANK AND ATE.
AND I WAS ONE OF THE CHILDREN TOLD,
'WE ALL MUST EAT OUR PECK OF GOLD'"
PLAQUE HAS BEEN PLACED HERE BY THE CALIFORNIA FRIENDS OF ROBERT FROST
ON THE OCCASION OF HIS HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY