Historic House Museums in Florida

We try to keep this list of historic house museums for Florida current, but it is best to check directly with the museums for their hours and other information. If you know of a historic house museum in Florida that should be listed here, please use our submission form to let us know about it.

Eustis

The Clifford House

The Clifford House, home to the Eustis Historical Museum & Preservation Society, Inc., was built in 1910 - 1911 by Mr. G. D. Clifford for his family.

Call for Hours • 536 North Bay Street • (352) 483-0046

Fort Lauderdale

Bonnet House Museum and Gardens

Built in 1920, Bonnet House is the legacy of Frederic Clay Bartlett's visions and talent which translated his years of exposure to the arts and architecture of Europe into a native Floridian house.

Open Tue-Sat 10-4, Sun 12-4 • 900 North Birch Road • (954) 563-5393

Key West

Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum

The house was built in 1851 by Asa Tift, a marine architect and salvage wrecker, and became Ernest Hemingway's home in 1931.Ý The house still contains the furniture that he and his family used.Ý The cats about the home and grounds are descendants of the cats he kept while he lived in the house, including many extra-toed (polydactyls), like the one Papa Hemingway loved.

Open daily 9-5 • 907 Whitehead Street • (305) 294-1136

Tallahassee

Knott House Museum

Built in 1843, probably by free black builder George Proctor, the Knott House was first occupied by attorney Thomas Hagner and his wife Catherine Gamble. The house served as temporary Union Headquarters in 1865, where Brigadier General Edward McCook announced the Emancipation Proclamation.

Guided Tours on the Hour, Wed-Fri 1-3; Sat 10-3 • 301 E. Park Ave • (850) 922-2459