The York – Pulitzer Connection

File this under the category of things you probably didn’t know…
Architect Frederick Dempwolf’s daughter, Helen, grew up in the family home on South George Street. After leaving York, she attended college and then married a man by the name of Pulitzer. Sound familiar? The Pulitzer Prize is one of the top honors in the fields of journalism, literature, and musical composition.
Helen married a grandson of the creator of the distinguished award and founder of Pulitzer Publishing, Joseph Pulitzer. Her husband ran the family-owned St. Louis Post-Dispatch for many years. She later remarried, and currently resides in Florida. The connection with literature stayed in the family, however. Helen’s daughter – Frederick Dempwolf’s granddaughter – resides in New York City, where she runs a literary agency.