The Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum

The Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum at 919 Felder Ave, is located in the Cloverdale Historic District in Montgomery, Alabama. The large, two-story house was built in 1904. The museum displays Fitzgerald memorabilia, including letters, personal possessions, photographs, first-edition Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald novels, and several of Zelda's paintings. Two upstairs apartments, the "Zelda Suite" and the "Scott Suite", are available to rent through Airbnb. The Fitzgerald Prize for Literary Excellence is awarded annually by the museum "to an author whose work continues the legacy of American storytelling while also exemplifying the craft, wit, and social insight typified by F. Scott Fitzgerald". ==History==

Scott Fitzgerald first arrived in Montgomery, Alabama, in June 1918, when he was assigned to Camp Sheridan during World War I. He met his future wife, Zelda Sayre, at a country club dance in Montgomery the following month. Zelda, a local debutante, grew up in Montgomery's Cottage Hill Historic District. Scott and Zelda married in April, 1920 in New York City, one week after the debut of his first novel, This Side of Paradise. Their daughter Scottie was born in 1921 in St. Paul, Minnesota. The family lived in several U.S. cities before moving to France in 1924. While in France, Fitzgerald completed The Great Gatsby and wrote several short stories. Zelda suffered a mental breakdown in 1930, was diagnosed as a schizophrenic and spent the next eighteen months in two European psychiatric clinics. For several months, Scott worked on his novel, Tender is the Night. He also spent five weeks in Hollywood rewriting a screenplay. While in Montgomery, Zelda wrote short stories and outlined her only novel, Save Me the Walz. Zelda's father's health worsened and he died on November 17, 1931. ==See also==