Longfellow Farm, Gorham, 1903
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Item 15739
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Description
The Longfellow Farm in Gorham was occupied first by Stephen Longfellow II and then by his son, Judge Stephen Longfellow III.
Judge Longfellow had hundreds of elms set out on his 500 acres in 1787.
Stephen III was the grandfather of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, who often visited his grandparents at the farm.
Other Information
- Title: Longfellow Farm, Gorham, 1903
- Creator: Lamson Studio
- Creation Date: 1903
- Subject Date: 1903
- Town: Gorham
- County: Cumberland
- State: ME
- Media: Photograph
- Dimensions (cm): 12 x 17
- Local Code: Photographs--Gorham
- Object Type: Image
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Maine Historical Society
489 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822
http://www.mainehistory.org
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LC Subject Headings
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882--Homes and haunts--Maine--Gorham
Longfellow, Stephen, 1776-1849--Homes and haunts--Maine--Gorham
Farms--Maine--Gorham
American elm--Maine--Gorham
People
Stephen Longfellow Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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