Thanks to the magic of Airbnb, travelers no longer need to stay in the same old hotels and hostels. Today you can rent a treehouse in Costa Rica or Laos, relax on a houseboat under the Eiffel Tower, and for just $150 a night you can stay in the home of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, the Jazz Age author They wrote "Tender Is the Night" and "Save Me the Waltz" respectively. If you've been looking for the right place to start your Great American Novel, this is probably the place for you.
Their love story is perhaps one of the most famous literary love stories of all time: they met young F. Scott Fitzgerald at a country club while stationed in Montgomery, Alabama, during World War I. Zelda Searle. He is an aspiring writer and soldier, and she is the "golden girl" of local society. Determined to win Zelda's heart, Fitzgerald worked tirelessly to publish his novel This Side of Paradise . Soon after, the two got married, and so began a marriage between two talented but tragic people.
Over the course of their relationship, the Fitzgeralds lived around the world, including Paris, New York, and Italy, but they often returned to the place where they met and where Zelda Fitzgerald grew up: Montgomery. In 1931, the couple moved into a home on Felder Avenue, just a mile from Zelda Fitzgerald's childhood home, where they lived until Spring 1932. During this time, F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote a book that would eventually become Tender Is . night . Zelda Fitzgerald, an artist and writer in her own right, also wrote an autobiographical novel about their marriage , Save Me the Waltz .
Although they lived there only briefly, the Montgomery home was an important place for the Fitzgeralds. It became a refuge for Zelda Fitzgerald's family after she returned from a Swiss sanatorium where she was diagnosed with schizophrenia. The house was also the last place the Fitzgerald family lived together. Today, it is home to the F. Scott & Zelda Fitzgerald Museum, the only museum in the world dedicated to the famous Jazz Age couple. It is also the last of the four surviving houses that the Fitzgeralds lived in throughout their marriage that is available to the public. The rest are private residences.
This historic Craftsman style home was built in 1909 and was originally built as a single family unit. After the Fitzgeralds moved out in 1932, it was converted into four different apartments and demolished in 1986. Instead, it was purchased by the McPhillips family, who donated it as the official F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum. Today, more than 30 years later, readers from around the world can tour the historic home, learn about its famous literary residents, and even stay overnight.
According to the Airbnb listing, the location of Fitzgerald's home is beautiful and quaint, with "views of the sprawling magnolia tree on the front lawn," making it the perfect place for a book lover to spend the night. The space features two bedrooms, full kitchen and bathroom, living room, dining room and sun porch. Furniture fit for the Jazz Age includes a record player, a large collection of jazz records, sofas, armchairs, decorative lamps, oriental rugs and even some embroidered pillows featuring Zelda Fitzgerald's most famous quotes. "Those people think I'm purely decorative and they're fools for not knowing any better," one wrote. Apartment guests can also visit the museum downstairs for free. You can request a reservation for this artsy apartment on Airbnb.
