Ernest Hemingway Cottage
Historic house in Michigan. Built 1900 by Grace Hall Hemingway. Added to the National Register in 1968, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The Ernest Hemingway Cottage, also known as Windemere, was the boyhood summer home of author Ernest Hemingway, on Walloon Lake in Michigan, United States. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1968.
Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The record
| Register name | Hemingway, Ernest, Cottage |
| Property type | Building |
| Address | Between N shore of Walloon Lake and Lake Grove Rd., Walloon Lake, MI |
| County | Emmet County |
| Listed | Nov 24, 1968 |
| Listed for | Literature |
| Level of significance | National |
| Also known as | Windemere |
| Reference number | 68000026 |
| Built | 1900 · more from the 1900s |
| Architect | Grace Hall Hemingway |
| Type of place | house |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 building |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | Between N shore of Walloon Lake and Lake Grove Rd., Walloon Lake, MI |
| Coordinates | 45.2801° N, 84.9994° W · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore · 56 miles · on Park Atlas |
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Questions people ask
When was Ernest Hemingway Cottage listed on the National Register?
Nov 24, 1968. It is also a National Historic Landmark, the higher of the two designations.
Source: National Park Service
When was Ernest Hemingway Cottage built?
1900, designed by Grace Hall Hemingway.
Source: Wikidata
Where is Ernest Hemingway Cottage?
Between N shore of Walloon Lake and Lake Grove Rd., Walloon Lake, Emmet County, Michigan. The nearest national park unit is Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, 56 miles away.
Where is the nomination form for Ernest Hemingway Cottage?
The National Archives holds the nomination form, the document that made the case for listing.
Source: National Archives
Is there cell service at Ernest Hemingway Cottage?
FCC coverage maps show AT&T 5G at the listed point. Coverage indoors and behind old masonry is another matter.
Source: FCC Broadband Map
Sources
Location, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Listing dates come from the National Register office's spreadsheet where it carries the listing. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 68000026. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The nomination form and photographs ↗ at NPGallery are the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service, and the form is often the best description of the place. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.