Audubon House Key West

Audubon house gallery of fine art.

Audubon house key west. Key west audubon house furnishings are not original but were acquired to match receipts for furniture the geigers owned. Audubon house and tropical gardens key west. The home was originally built by captain john huling geiger who was key west s first harbor pilot. Sehenswürdigkeiten sind unter umständen ganz oder teilweise geschlossen um die verbreitung des coronavirus einzudämmen.

Founded in 1960 by the mitchell wolfson family foundation the audubon house is a non profit educational museum showcasing the history of. Due to a city wide state of emergency and in the interest of the safety and. Sehenswürdigkeiten und aktivitäten in key west. The geiger family who built the home in 1846 lived here for 4 generations over 108 years.

The audubon house tropical gardens is located at 205 whitehead street key west florida. Hotels near audubon house tropical gardens. The house has many antique furnishings purchased from estate sales and auctions in europe. He spent months with the geiger family sometimes painting on their grounds.

Famous for his exquisite drawings of birds in their natural habitat audubon stayed in the home in 1832. Saved from being demolished in 1958 the 19th century key west gem is a historic museum featuring the artwork of john james audubon. Students of any age. The audubon house has been certified as haunted with ghosts by numerous paranormal societies including messengers paranormal and cript seekers.

Florida fl florida keys. Marriages births and deaths the home is reported to still have many of its previous occupants. Bonnie gross audubon visited key west in 1832 and discovered 18 new species of birds there. The audubon house marks the beginning of the restoration movement in key west.

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They restored the elegant three level captain s home which was built in the american classic revival architectural style of the mid 1800 s. Audubon s birds of the florida keys. The audubon house museum tropical gardens was established in 1960 by key west native colonel mitchell wolfson and his lovely wife frances. Notice regarding covid 19 virus.

Audubon s painting of the white crowned pigeon features the geiger tree still found in the. Brick pathed gardens offer a lush 1 acre 4 000 m 2 view of orchids bromeliads and other tropical foliage an herb garden and 1840 style nursery.