Jack Kerouac at Home in Florida
The legendary Beat poet Jack Kerouac (1922-1969) lived with his mother in a small apartment at the back of a house in a suburb of Orlando from 1957 to 1958.
The house is open only for tours of school groups and by appointment only.
“We would love to host students for a field trip! We think having the only literary landmark in Orlando is pretty special. We just need to schedule it so that it can work for everyone–students, a Board or Director who would give the tour, and of course the schedule of the resident.” kerouacproject.org/faq
Please visit https://www.kerouacproject.org/about/ for more information about the house. Also see our Literary San Francisco, Louisiana, Massachusetts and Texas pages about Jack Kerouac.
Writers-In-Residence Program
The Jack Kerouac home offers a writers-in-residence program. Writers compete for the opportunity to live there rent-free for a season of approximately three months while working on their next masterpiece. The competition is open to the public and requires a small application fee. The program is not in operation in 2023-24 due to building renovations, but information can be found at https://www.kerouacproject.org/submissions.
Patricia Smart
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