F. Scott, whose full name was Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, was a descendant of old Maryland families, and he was a distant cousin of his namesake, the author of the lyrics to our national anthem. F. Scott moved to the Baltimore area in the 1930s so his wife Zelda (a childhood friend of H. L. Menken's wife) could be treated at Sheppard Pratt Hospital and the Johns Hopkins' Phipps clinic for her mental issues (schizophrenia). F. Scott suffered from alcoholism himself, and his exploits are documented in Menken's writings. While here, and after a stay in Towson, the Fitzgeralds and their young daughter Scottie lived for two years at 1307 Park Avenue in Bolton Hill, a few blocks away from the monument to Francis Scott Key. They later moved north to an apartment building at Charles and 34th Street, and Zelda reportedly often swam at a nearby public pool. However, it is the small F. Scott Fitzgerald Park in Bolton Hill at Bolton and Wilson Streets that exists as the most significant memorial to the author in Baltimore.
The Fitzgeralds are buried just 40 miles from Baltimore, in Rockville, MD.