"The Great Gatsby" author, F. Scott Fitzgerald's former Baltimore home has been listed in the housing market for $450,000. Fitzgerald lived in the home for around two years from 1933 to 1935 with his wife, Zelda Sayre.
Apparently, Fitzgerald moved into the home after Zelda accidentally set fire to their previous residence while burning papers in the fireplace.
The home is a 3600 square feet townhouse located at 1307 Park Avenue, Baltimore. The four bedroom, four bathroom residence retains its 20 century charm. The place sports complete hardwood flooring along with many antique fireplaces, reports Huffington Post.
Built in 1900, the place also features tall windows and French doors along with an old-style backyard porch that overlooks a picturesque garden, reports AOL real estate.
The home has been on the market since the past four days and on Feb. 3, an open house will be held in order to expose the home to a larger audience of potential buyers, reports The LA Times.
Fitzgerald published "Taps at Reveille" and "Tender is the Night" while he lived in the home.
The legendary author was one of the highest paid American writers of his time. "The Great Gatsby" is considered to be "the great American novel" as well. Some of his novels were also adapted into motion pictures like the 2008 hit movie, "The curious case of Benjamin Button".
Fitzgerald was the "Jazz Age" writer and wrote four complete novels and many short stories. He once quoted "There are no second acts in the American Life" and yet deteriorated from his "literary mastermind" image to a down-right alcoholic. With Zelda being diagnosed with schizophrenia he turned more toward alcohol.
He started writing "The Last Tycoon" in 1940 before succumbing to a heart attack in December.
In a recently published novel of Charles Greene Shaw, "Heart in a Hurricane", commentary of a letter sent by Fitzgerald to Shaw has been published in which he offers gentle recommendations, compliments and constructive criticism.
