Step inside Pulitzer Prizewinner John Updikes childhood home in Shillington Pa

SHILLINGTON, Pa. — Philadelphia Avenue is trembling with traffic as motorists lock horns in a vehicular mayhem that would not have existed eight decades ago when a boy named John Updike lived and played in the two-story white house at No. 117. This is where, by the author’s admission, his “artistic eggs were hatched.” “John Updike (1932-2009) Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and one of America’s most noted authors, Updike lived here until age thirteen,” a state historic sign reads in front of the house. Updike often revisited as an adult, and made the rooms, furnishings, and occupants of his childhood…