The Ernest Hemmingway Home and Museum
The Ernest Hemmingway Home and Museum is a museum in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. The nearest named place is Key West Lighthouse & Keeper's Quarters Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. FLORIDA KEYS HWY runs past it. 77 named places lie within 25 miles.
The story
The Ernest Hemingway House was the residence of American writer Ernest Hemingway in the 1930s. The house is situated on the island of Key West, Florida. It is at 907 Whitehead Street, across from the Key West Lighthouse, close to the southern coast of the island. Due to its association with Hemingway, the property is the most popular tourist attraction in Key West. It is also famous for its large population of so-called Hemingway cats, many of which are polydactyl. The residence was constructed in 1851 in a French Colonial style by wealthy marine architect and salvager Asa Tift. From 1931 to 1939, the house was inhabited by Hemingway and his wife Pauline Pfeiffer. They restored the decaying property and made several additions. During his time at the home, Hemingway wrote some of his best-received works, including the non-fiction work Green Hills of Africa (1935), the 1936 short stories "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" and "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber", and the novels To Have and Have Not (1937) and Islands in the Stream (1970). After the Hemingways' divorce and deaths, the house was auctioned off and subsequently converted into a historic house museum in 1964. On November 24, 1968, it was designated a National Historic Landmark.
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Wikidata Q280171, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
- Step-free access
- Limited
How to reach it
- On the FLORIDA KEYS HWY, National
77 named places within 25 miles
- Nelson English City Park: 0.2 mi
- Bill Butler Park: 0.3 mi
- Bill Butler Park: 0.3 mi
- Gato Village Pocket Park: 0.3 mi
- Southernmost Point: 0.4 mi
- Burnt Down Building: 0.2 mi
- Battery Seminole: 0.3 mi
- Self Propelled Semi-Sub "Big Foot": 0.3 mi
- Southernmost Point Buoy: 0.4 mi
- Southernmost Point: 0.4 mi
- Key West Lighthouse & Keeper's Quarters Museum: 0.1 mi
- USCGC Ingham Maritime Museum: 0.5 mi
- Oldest House Museum: 0.5 mi
- Hellings House Museum: 0.5 mi
- Donkey Milk House Museum: 0.5 mi
- South Beach: 0.4 mi
- Dog Beach: 0.5 mi
- Truman Beach: 0.7 mi
- Higgs Beach: 0.9 mi
- Higgs Beach: 1.0 mi
- Nancy Forrester's Secret Garden: 0.4 mi
- Pier B: 0.7 mi
- Key West Extreme Adventures: 0.7 mi
- Dolphin Watch: 0.7 mi
- SkyDive Keywest: 15.5 mi
- Marilyn Monroe: 0.4 mi
- Embracing Peace: 0.6 mi
- Mary: 0.7 mi
- Memorial Sculpture Garden: 0.7 mi
- Key West Garden Club: 1.0 mi
- Bernstein Park: 3.9 mi
- Key West Butterfly and Nature Consevatory: 0.3 mi
- The Key West Nature Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Picnick Area: 0.7 mi
- Felton Road: 2.6 mi
- Perky: 15.9 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:09 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:40 | 19:46 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:55 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 17:11 | 17:44 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 69 | 70 | 73 | 77 | 80 | 82 | 84 | 84 | 83 | 80 | 75 | 72 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 3.7 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 6.1 | 8.2 | 6.0 | 3.3 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — KEY W WFO, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 68000023OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site- National Register of Historic Places — Hemingway, Ernest, House, reference 68000023, listed 11/24/68.
OpenStreetMap element way/337777089
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