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Description
This photograph of the Wadsworth-Longfellow House in Portland, was taken in about 1928.
Built by Elizabeth and Peleg Wadsworth (1748-1829) in 1785-85 as their family home, it was also home to their daughter and son-in-law, Zilpah and Stephen Longfellow.
Their son Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882), was a noted poet. Their daughter Anne Longfellow Pierce (1810-1901) donated the house to the Maine Historical Society to serve as a memorial to her brother.
About This Item
- Title: Wadsworth-Longfellow House, ca. 1928
- Creation Date: circa 1928
- Subject Date: circa 1928
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 17 cm x 26 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 2113, Box 1/6
- Collection: Wadsworth-Longfellow House image collection
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Authors, American
- Historic buildings--Maine--Portland
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882--Homes and haunts--Maine--Portland
- Maine Historical Society--History
- Pierce, Anne Longfellow, 1810-1901--Homes and haunts--Maine--Portland
- Wadsworth-Longfellow House (Portland, Me.)--History
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
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