Contributed by Longfellow Garden Club
Description
The Longfellow Garden Club formed in 1924 to restore and maintain the gardens surrounding the Wadsworth-Longfellow House in Portland.
The house, built in 1785, was home to the Peleg and Elizabeth Wadsworth and their family, and then to their daughter Zilpah and her husband, Stephen Longfellow, and their family. Their daughter Anne Longfellow Pierce, who was widowed after three years of marriage, lived in the house most of her life and donated it to the Maine Historical Society when she died in 1901.
About This Item
- Title: Restoration of Longfellow Garden, Portland, ca. 1924
- Creation Date: circa 1924
- Subject Date: circa 1923
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Lantern slide
- Local Code: Coll. 1936, Box 21 #42
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Longfellow Garden (Portland, Me.)--Lantern slides
- Historic Gardens--Maine--Portland
- Wadsworth-Longfellow House (Portland, Me.)
- Historic buildings--Maine--Portland
For more information about this item, contact:
Longfellow Garden Clubc/o Maine Historical Society, 489 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 433-0427
This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. No Permission is required to use the low-resolution watermarked image for educational use, or as allowed by the applicable copyright. For all other uses, permission is required.
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