Jack Kerouac's House

So we just got back from Florida. I wish we could have stayed longer, but what can you do? I cannot believe that it has been 3 years since I last saw my brother. 

So did you know that Jack Keouac died in St. Petersburg? Well, he did. Just a few blocks from where I grew up -- even fewer from where my brother lives now. Crazy. He even died at the hospital my grandmother worked at. 

What's funnier, however, is that no one seems to know this. Granted, Kerouac didn't particularly love St. Petersburg, saying, essentially, that it was little more than a great place to die, but still. 

There is no marker on the house. It's just there. The neighbor probably doesn't even know that Kerouac lived in his house too. 

Until 1999 Jack Kerouac was still listed in the St. Petersburg phonebook. The house is still owned by the Kerouac estate .