Location of Harper Lee's Childhood Home

Now the location of Mel's Dairy Dream, this was the address of Harper Lee's childhood home in Monroeville, Alabama. A couple of miles down the road are the remains of the Faulk home, the house where Truman Capote, the inspiration for the character of Dill, stayed with his cousins in the summer. Many scholars have noted biographical similarities between Harper Lee and Scout. One such connection is between Monroeville and Maycomb, the setting of To Kill a Mockingbird.