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Hemingway's House Crumbling Away

Finca Vigia (Lookout Farm), the Havana-area compound where Hemingway lived from 1939 to 1961, is falling apart, with an estimated restoration cost of $3 million. Even though the house isn't on American soil, Finca Vigia is nevertheless on the National Trust's 2005 list of most endangered structures. To date the U.S. government has nixed any substantial material or financial help from American conservationists: by the government's lights a restoration would be promoting tourism, which is forbidden by the trade embargo against Cuba, rather than pursuing an educational or humanitarian goal, which is not.

Related Stories:

·   Embargo hampering restoration effort of Hemingway villa in Cuba [Sun-Sentinal, via Hit & Run]
·   Hemingway Preservation Foundation [Official site]