The 1844 brick house where Stong was born[citation needed] is located adjacent to the store and is now a private residence.
Stong scored his first success in 1932 with the publication of his famous novel, State Fair, which was later adapted for the screen as the hit Rodgers and Hammerstein musical of the same name.
In addition to his novels, his short stories were published in most of the leading national magazines of the time, and he wrote several screenplays.
His novel Stranger's Return was also made into a motion picture, starring Academy Award winning actor Lionel Barrymore.
[4] Stong created a 466-page anthology published by Wilfred Funk in 1941, The Other Worlds, later issued with the descriptive subtitle 25 Modern Stories of Mystery and Imagination.