This white, wood-frame farmhouse and its surrounding property off State Route 325 in Cross Creek, Florida, looks frozen in time. The house looks the same as it did during the 1930s when it was the home of American author and writer Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. Although born and raised in Washington, D.C., and educated in Wisconsin, Rawlings is considered one of Florida’s most beloved writers. In November 1928, Rawlings and her first husband Charles, purchased the farmhouse and surrounding 74-acre citrus farm in rural Florida to grow oranges and write. Rawlings…
