The February House was an artists' commune from 1940 to 1941 in the neighborhood of Brooklyn Heights, New York City.
Auden, Carson McCullers, Benjamin Britten, Paul Bowles, and Gypsy Rose Lee.
[2][1] Guests of the February House included Salvador and Gala Dalí, Anaïs Nin, Klaus Mann, Jane Bowles, Richard Wright, and Pavel Pchelitchew.
[3] A number of works were created at the February House: McCullers began writing The Ballad of the Sad Cafe, meeting the inspiration for the characters at a bar in the neighborhood.
[2] In 2012, a musical February House by Gabriel Kahane and Seth Bockley premiered at the Public Theater.