In Yarmouth Port on Cape Cod, the house where Edward Gorey lived and worked from 1986 until his death in 2000 preserves the domestic world of the American writer, illustrator, puppeteer, and playwright. Built in the early 1800s and owned by Nathaniel Stone Simpkins's family from the 1830s until Gorey bought it in 1979, it later became a museum with help from a 2002 Highland Street Foundation grant. Its significance lies in both biography and atmosphere, reflecting Gorey's collections, library, unusual found objects, and concern for animal welfare, especially cats, through exhibitions and educational programming.