The story revolves around a fictional town where all the houses are identical, and the residents have a peculiar habit of naming their homes with numbers instead of names. The narrator visits his friend at 99 Linwood Street during Christmas time and discovers that his friend has been trying to find the mythical "Jerusalem" - a house rumored to be the most beautiful and festive in town during Christmas.
By Edward Everett Hale · First published 1895 · Genre: Holiday Fiction, Family Drama, Historical Fiction