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

The Ernest Hemingway Home & Museum

The Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, March 19, 2024

1. The Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum Marker

Inscription.
Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations
ALTAFF
Literary Landmarks Register

Where Hemingway lived and wrote from 1931-1939

This site is dedicated as a Literary Landmark by the Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations on the occasion of the first One Island One Book event, when the citizens of Key West celebrated the novel To Have and Have Not.

"There is no friend as loyal as a book."

Monroe County Public Library of Key West, Florida
Ernest Hemingway Home & Museum
Friends of The Monroe County Public Library of Key West, Florida, Inc
March 14, 2010

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings.

Location. 24° 33.07′ N, 81° 48.039′ W. Marker is in Key West, Florida, in Monroe County. It can be reached from the intersection of Whitehead Street and Olivia Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 907 Whitehead St, Key West FL 33040, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on the

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Florida Keys.

It is also in the American 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: Asa Tift Designs Fountain to Replicate Ironclad Warship (here, next to this marker); Ernest Hemingway's Catwalk Commute to Writing Studio (a few steps from this marker); Construction of the Historic House 1850-1851 (a few steps from this marker); Bernice Dixon: Visionary for Hemingway Memorial (a few steps from this marker); The Brick Wall: Hemingway's "Privacy Fence" (a few steps from this marker); Hemingway's Model A Ford: "The Ride" in Key West (a few steps from this marker); Captains and First Mates: Papa's Teachers of the Sea (a few steps from this marker); Miriam Williams: Hemingways' Personal Chef (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map

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of all markers in Key West.

Credits. This page was last revised on April 14, 2026. It was originally submitted on March 29, 2024, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 268 times since then and 38 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on April 4, 2024, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.