Contributed by NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site
Description
It was in the parlor of the Potter home in Portland that Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wed his first wife, Mary Potter, in 1831.
The couple was married only four years when Mary died of complications arising from a miscarriage while the Longfellows were touring in Europe.
View of house and front porch from street. Signage for "Treasure House" (an antique shop) visible on building.
Inscription: "Portland Maine / House where he was married / Where Mary Potter & / Longfellow were married" written in cursive in pencil verso. In another handwriting "Taken by Jordan Staff Photographer / The Christian Science Monitor."
Notes: C1940. Around that time Christian Science Monitor photographing Henry Wadsworth Longfellow-related items.
About This Item
- Title: Judge Barrett Potter house, Portland, ca. 1940
- Creator: Christian Science Monitor
- Creation Date: circa 1940
- Subject Date: circa 1940
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions: 20.3 cm x 25.4 cm
- Local Code: LONG 27886 (3007.001/002.002 item 81)
- Collection: Longfellow Family Photographs
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Longfellow, Mary (Storer Potter) 1812-1835--Marriage
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1886--Marriage
- Weddings
- Longfellow, Mary (Storer Potter) 1812-1835 --Homes and haunts--Maine--Portland
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1886--Homes and haunts--Maine--Portland
- Potter, Barrett, 1776-1865--Homes and haunts--Maine--Portland
- Dwellings--Maine--Portland
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NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 876-4491
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