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The February House was an Art colony from 1940 to 1941 in the neighborhood of Brooklyn Heights.
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. Lee published The G-String Murders. Auden published The Double Man. Jane Bowles began writing Two Serious Ladies.
By the end of 1941, the main residents of February house, save Davis, had moved out. Auden was broke and took a position at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. McCullers moved in with her mother in Georgia. Lee moved to Chicago for better opportunities. Britten returned to England and produced Peter Grimes. In 1945, Davis left the house too. Soon after Davis left, the house was demolished to construct the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.
In 2005, a biography February House was written by Sherill Tippins.
In 2025, BBC Radio 3 broadcast a program The February House. One of the contributors was Sherill Tippins.
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