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Description
Winter view of the Wadsworth-Longfellow House on Congress Street in Portland with a horse and sleigh passing by.
The former home of Peleg Wadsworth, it then was occupied by his daughter Zilpah and her husband Stephen Longfellow and their children, including Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Anne Longfellow Pierce,
Anne Longfellow Pierce gave the house to the Maine Historical Society in 1910 and a Research Library was built to the right rear of the property.
About This Item
- Title: Wadsworth-Longfellow House in winter, ca. 1900
- Creation Date: circa 1900
- Subject Date: circa 1900
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 20 cm x 26 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 2113, Box 1/8
- Collection: Wadsworth-Longfellow House image collection
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Authors, American
- Authors, Maine
- 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, Peleg, 1748-1829--Homes and haunts--Maine--Portland
- Wadsworth-Longfellow House (Portland, Me.)--History
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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