Sunrise: 06:58 AM EDT - Sunset: 08:06 PM EDT
Tour 6: Whitehead Street
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This tour begins at the southeast end of Whitehead, at the Southernmost Point. Whitehead Street, known as Main Street in the 1820s, originally traversed the island as a 6,500 foot long military road. According to William Whitehead’s 1829 Survey, it was officially renamed Whitehead Street when brother John bought one quarter of the island from John Simonton.
The tour proceeds 14 blocks down Whitehead toward Mallory Square. Along the way see noteworthy examples of Key West’s wooden houses built during the Victorian era. Author Ernest Hemingway lived at 907 Whitehead, an 1851 coral rock home, during the Thirties. Almost daily, Papa strode down Whitehead Street toward Sloppy Joe's after his morning writing regimen. Traces of Key West's Cuban cigar industry are visible in the neighborhood. Walk or bike around Key West’s Afro-Caribbean community, now called Bahama Village. Stop at Mile Marker 0, the terminus of US 1. Jackson Square, Monroe County's 1890 brick courthouse and a magnificent kapok tree, are mid-tour.The Audubon House and portions of the Naval Station are en route.
The tour proceeds 14 blocks down Whitehead toward Mallory Square. Along the way see noteworthy examples of Key West’s wooden houses built during the Victorian era. Author Ernest Hemingway lived at 907 Whitehead, an 1851 coral rock home, during the Thirties. Almost daily, Papa strode down Whitehead Street toward Sloppy Joe's after his morning writing regimen. Traces of Key West's Cuban cigar industry are visible in the neighborhood. Walk or bike around Key West’s Afro-Caribbean community, now called Bahama Village. Stop at Mile Marker 0, the terminus of US 1. Jackson Square, Monroe County's 1890 brick courthouse and a magnificent kapok tree, are mid-tour.The Audubon House and portions of the Naval Station are en route.