Pfeiffer House and Carriage House

Pfeiffer House and Carriage House

Infobox_nrhp | name =Pfeiffer House and Carriage House
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caption =Ernest Hemingway wrote portions of his novel, A Farewell to Arms, at this home, now a visitor center of the Crowley's Ridge Parkway.
location= Piggott, Arkansas
lat_degrees = 36 | lat_minutes = 23 | lat_seconds = 4.26 | lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 90 | long_minutes = 12 | long_seconds = 0.49 | long_direction = W
area =
built =1927
architecture= Colonial Revival
added = June 10, 1982
governing_body = Private
refnum=82002097 cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2006-03-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

The Hemingway-Pfeiffer House, also known as the Pfeiffer House and Carriage House, is a house in Piggott, Arkansas where novelist Ernest Hemingway wrote portions of his novel, "A Farewell to Arms". Ernest Hemingway was married to Pauline Pfeiffer, the daughter of the owners of the house, Paul and Mary Pfeiffer.cite web|url=http://hemingway.astate.edu/|title=Hemingway-Pfeiffer Home Page|publisher=Arkansas State University|accessdate=2007-01-30]

The house is now the home of Arkansas State University's Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center. The mission statement of the center is, " [T] o contribute to the regional, national and global understanding of the 1920s and 1930s eras by focusing on the internationally connected Pfeiffer family, of Piggott, Arkansas, and their son-in-law Ernest Hemingway." The center is also the visitor's center for the Crowley's Ridge Parkway.

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