CUBA -- A UTSA architecture professor is helping restore Ernest Hemingway's legacy in Cuba.
A project to restore the literary genius' home has been in the works since 2005, but now it's taking a new turn.
UTSA Professor William Dupont is leading the technical team on Hemingway's former home, Finca Vigia or Lookout Farm.
Hemingway lived there from 1939 to 1960 while writing “For Whom the Bell Tolls” and “The Old Man and the Sea.”
For years, professor Dupont worked on restoring the main house, but now the concentration is on preserving documents.
He's helping to build a conservation laboratory to serve as a time capsule of Hemingway's life.
He said it's the most rewarding project of his career not only because of its historical nature, but because he gets to see Cubans and Americans working together.
"Shipping materials from the US to Cuba is something that hasn't been allowed by our embargo. The regulations were slightly adjusted recently to give exception for historic preservation products. So now we're able to ship these products which were previously blocked by the embargo," said UTSA professor William Dupont.
The Finca Vigia foundation in Boston plans to send more materials down in four phases.
The first shipment is scheduled to arrive next week.