Hemingway House Key West

Ernest Hemingway Home on Whitehead Street in Key West, Florida

The Ernest Hemingway Home on Whitehead Street is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Key West.

Ernest Hemingway Home on Whitehead Street in Key West, Florida

Stately Canary Island Date Palms add so much character to the landscape at the Hemingway Home.

The ticket booth you see in this picture is at the sidewalk along Whitehead Street.

Ernest Hemingway Home on Whitehead Street in Key West, Florida

This feral chicken (rooster) does not seem to give a whit whether there are over 40 special cats that reside at the Hemingway House.

This rooster is strutting across the lawn in defiance of the Hemingway Cats.

Ernest Hemingway Home on Whitehead Street in Key West, Florida

Landscaping at the Hemingway House include several of these African tulip trees. African tulip trees bloom in the winter so we get to enjoy them when we visit Key West in January and February.

Cat Cemetery at the Ernest Hemingway Home on Whitehead Street in Key West

Cat cemetery at the Hemingway Home on Whitehead Street.

I think that everyone knows that the cats of the Hemingway estate are descendants of a cat owned by Hemingway's wife when they lived in Key West.

Cat at the Ernest Hemingway Home on Whitehead Street in Key West

One of the six-toed Hemingway cats. Over 40 of these six-toed cats reside at the Hemingway House.