The Hemingway House in Key West
Writers have always loved the Florida Keys, none more famous than Ernest Hemingway, who bought a beautiful Spanish colonial home at 907 Whitehead Street in 1931 and stayed eight years.
Among the most famous works that Hemingway completed in the Key West estate were Death in The Afternoon, The Green Hills of Africa, The Snows of Kilimanjaro, and To Have and Have Not.
The Sloppy Joe’s Bar in Key West was Hemingway’s Hangout, and I stopped in and had a few beers. My kind of place!
When Ernest Hemingway lived and wrote in Key West during the 1930s, he spent much of his leisure time with friends at Sloppy Joe’s Bar.
I toured the Hemingway House and took a photo of the chair and table he wrote his masterpieces on. Look at his typewriter, much different than what authors and writers use today.
This House was Ernest Hemingway’s residence & writing studio in the 1930s. Pauline, Hemingway’s’ wife got the house as a wedding gift from her uncle in 1931. The value was $8000. Ernest Hemingway was a cat lover and bred his famous 6 toed polydactyl cats. Hemingway was in Spain in 1937. While there his wife secretly installed a $20,000 pool. Twice the home’s value. The cats have a kennel shaped like the Hemingway house. This place is paradise for cat ladies.
I hope you enjoy this wonderfully done video of the Hemingway House and grounds: Hemingway House- Key West, Florida
Robert Morton is a member of the Association of Former Intelligence Officers (AFIO), enjoys writing about the U.S. Intelligence Community, and relishes traveling to the Florida Keys and Key West, the Bahamas and Caribbean. He combines both passions in his Corey Pearson- CIA Spymaster series. Check out his latest spy thriller: MISSION OF VENGEANCE.