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Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum
907 Whitehead St, Key West, FLTel: (305) 294-1575
Hemingway's particularly handsome stone Spanish Colonial house, built in 1851, was one of the first on the island to be fitted with indoor plumbing and a built-in fireplace, and it contains the first swimming pool built on Key West. The author owned the home from 1931 until his death in 1961, and he lived there with about 50 cats, whose descendants, including the famed six-toed cats, still roam the premises. It was during those years that the Nobel Prize winner wrote some of his most famous works, including For Whom the Bell Tolls, A Farewell to Arms, and The Snows of Kilimanjaro. Fans may want to take the optional half-hour tour, where you'll see rooms of his house with glass cabinets that store certain artifacts, books, and pieces of mail addressed to him.
- Attraction Type: Museums and Art Galleries
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User Rating: 10.0 Based on 5 user ratings |
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Mar 18, 2006 by
Gary from Sullivan, Missouri
Overall Rating: 10
- Very interesting fun, and see Sloppy Joe's too. Go in July for the Hemingway look alike contest!
- Hot in summer, but there was always a breeze.
“I loved it. You could almost feel Hemingway was still there. I was so inspired, I read his book set in Key West to have and to have not. Go early in the day so you can spend all the time there you'd like, and be sure to go into the bookstore. You need to buy a copy of your favorite Hemingway book with the Home sticker on it. The tour guides were very friendly, and the place was being repaired, and improved when I was there. Key West is a wonderful place to vacation, and the Hemingway home ,and Harry Truman's Little White House are two of many fun and exciting things to do in relaxing Key West!”
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