Contributed by Gorham Historical Society
Description
Stephen Longfellow II, who had been Falmouth's first schoolmaster, built the farm in Gorham that was later occupied by his son, lawyer, legislator and Judge Stephen Longfellow III.
Judge Longfellow had hundreds of elms set out on his 500 acres in 1787. He was the grandfather of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
About This Item
- Title: Longfellow Farm, Gorham, ca. 1970
- Creation Date: circa 1970
- Subject Date: circa 1970
- Location: Gorham, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 9 cm x 13 cm
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Farms--Maine--Gorham
- Longfellow, Stephen, 1776-1849--Homes and haunts--Maine--Gorham
- American elm--Maine--Gorham
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882--Homes and haunts--Maine--Gorham
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Gorham Historical Society28 School Street, Gorham, ME 04038
(207) 793-8569
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