Key West - Audubon House and Gardens

This 1840's home was built by ship carpenters for Captain John Greiger, a noted harbor pilot and wrecker. Colonel Mitchell Wolfson restored it in the 1960's initiating the subsequent preservation movement in the rest of Key West. The house contains many 18th and 19th century period furnishings and a substantial collection of engravings by John James Audubon, who stayed here in 1832. The gardens in the back are notable for the variety of tropical plants including birds of paradise, hibiscus and different palms.