Eggleston was born in Vevay, Indiana.
Owl\'s Nest was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1971..
Eggleston died there in 1902, at the age of 64.
His summer home, Owl\'s Nest, in Lake George, New York, eventually became his year-round home.
He became an ordained Methodist minister in 1856.
As a child, he was too ill to regularly attend school, so his education was primarily provided by his father.
Eggleston was born in Vevay, Indiana