Key West in Monroe County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)

Ernest Hemingway

1899-1961

— Key West Historic Memorial Sculpture Garden —

Ernest Hemingway Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Brandon D Cross, May 4, 2023

1. Ernest Hemingway Marker

Inscription. Ernest Hemingway was born in Oak Park, IL in 1899. During World War I, Hemingway served as a volunteer in the Red Cross Ambulance Corps, at which time he was severely wounded. After the war, he settled in Paris where he was a reporter for the Toronto Star. In 1926, Hemingway published his first novel, The Sun Also Rises, which won international acclaim. Returning from Europe in April, 1928 via Havana, he arrived in Key West on the Peninsular & Occidental Steamship Company. He had planned to leave town in a new Ford but it was not ready, forcing him to spend some time in the city. Finding the atmosphere to his liking and the fishing excellent, he decided to visit again and soon took up permanent residency. In Key West, Hemingway finished writing A Farewell to Arms, based on his wartime experiences in Italy and his love of nurse Agnes von Kurowsky. He then wrote For Whom the Bell Tolls, The Green Hills of Africa, Death in the Afternoon and To Have and Have Not, his autobiographic novel about Key West. In 1931, he bought the house at 507 Whitehead Street that had been built in 1831, by Asa Tift. He owned the house

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until his death but left Key West for Cuba in 1939. The house was sold by the family in 1963 and opened in 1964 as a museum. Today it is the most popular tourist attraction on the island. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1952 and Nobel Prize for literature in 1954. Hemingway's presence on the island and the literary and famous friends he attracted to Key West while here helped Key West become known and visited by countless others.
Donated by
The Ernest Hemingway Home & Museum

Erected by The Ernest Hemingway Home & Museum.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment. A significant historical year for this entry is 1931.

Location. 24° 33.588′ N, 81° 48.414′ W. Marker is in Key West, Florida, in Monroe County. It can be reached from the intersection of Wall Street and Tift’s Aly. The marker is located within the Key West Historic Memorial Sculpture Garden. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 401 Wall Street, Key West FL 33040, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on the Florida Keys.

It is also in the American

Photographed by Brandon D Cross, May 4, 2023

2. Ernest Hemingway Marker

South

and on the Gulf Coast.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Lena Johnson (here, next to this marker); Carlos Manuel De Cespedes y Cespedes (here, next to this marker); John Lowe, Jr. (here, next to this marker); John Watson Simonton (here, next to this marker); William R. Kerr (here, next to this marker); Captain Edward "Bra" Saunders (here, next to this marker); Livingston Wellesley Bethel (here, next to this marker); Norberg Thompson (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Key West.

Also see . . .
1. Ernest M. Hemingway - The Legend. (Submitted on May 18, 2023, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida.)
2. The Key West Sculpture Garden – Where History Meets Art. (Submitted on May 18, 2023, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida.)

Credits. This page was last revised on May 19, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 18, 2023, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 322 times since then and 40 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 18, 2023, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.