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Description
The Wadsworth-Longfellow House on Congress Street in Portland, and the Maine Historical Society headquarters, in the background, are shown in about 1920.
Peleg Wadsworth, a Revolutionary War general, built the house in 1785-86. It was the childhood home of Wadsworth's grandson, poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
About This Item
- Title: Wadsworth-Longfellow House, Portland, ca. 1920
- Creation Date: circa 1920
- Subject Date: circa 1920
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 21 cm x 26 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 2113, Box 1/3
- Collection: Wadsworth-Longfellow House image collection
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Historic buildings--Maine--Portland.
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882--Homes and haunts--Maine--Portland
- Maine Historical Society (Portland, Me.)
- Pierce, Anne Longfellow, 1810-1901--Homes and haunts--Maine--Portland--Photographs
- Wadsworth, Peleg, 1748-1829--Homes and haunts--Maine--Portland
- Wadsworth-Longfellow House (Me.)--Photographs
- Wadsworth-Longfellow House--Exteriors
People
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
- Pierce, Anne Longfellow
- Pierce, Anne Longfellow
- Pierce, Anne Longfellow
- Wadsworth, Peleg
- Wadsworth, Peleg
- Wadsworth, Peleg
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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