Audubon House and Tropical Gardens

The Audubon House and Tropical Gardens is situated at 205 Whitehead Street, Key West, Florida. The house has numerous antique decorations acquired from bequest deals and closeouts in Europe. The Audubon House Gallery, isolate from the principle house includes an exceptional gathering of nineteenth century unique Audubon craftsmanship and an exhaustive determination of John James Audubon's pictures. The house was slated for destruction in 1958, however was spared by the Mitchell Wolfson Family Foundation, a philanthropic instructive establishment. This was the main reclamation venture in Key West.

The Audubon House Museum and Tropical Gardens was built up in 1960 by Key West local, Colonel Mitchell Wolfson and his significant other Frances. The Evanses' 2-3 story bequest houses spot the Key West scene and can be perceived by their standard roundabout wooden accents and fabulous multi-poled verandas. Alfred Evans utilized an exceptional shipbuilding method of progressively bowing the wood for round passages and stairways. A large portion of Key West's historic point homes were worked by The Evanses, who lived in a terrific 3-story home on 716 Olivia in Old Key West, a couple of entryways from Ernest Hemingway's home, whose book Old Man in the Sea was motivated by his encounters in Key West and the Evans family.