The house was sold out of the Hemingway family in 1905, and it was subsequently renovated and converted into a multi-family residence.

The foundation oversaw a major restoration that used photographs and descriptions of the house to return it to its original condition.

Since 2001, the building has been maintained as a Hemingway museum, with the foundation offering guided tours of the house.

He would often entertain the children with adventurous stories from his youth and from his travels as a salesman for the Hall family's wholesale cutlery business.

By October, Grace had sold the house to Samuel Nissen, an Oak Park grocer.

[8] The house was purchased by The Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park (EHFOP) in December 1992.

Notable contributors include Michael McGuire, Jinwoo Chong, Sean Gill, and Veryan Williams-Wynn.

[11] Hemingway's maternal grandparents, Caroline and Ernest Hall, built the house in 1890 on land they purchased in November 1889.

Next to the dining room and parlor was a small library, where Hemingway's grandfather and great-uncle Tyley Hancock would smoke and drink wine after their evening meal.

Hemingway and his older sister Marcelline shared the nursery when they were toddlers, sleeping in identical, white cribs with spindles.