Maine Memory Network

Dirigo Bottling Company bottle, Portland, ca. 1928

Contributed by: Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Date: circa 1928 Location: Portland; Littleton Media: Glass

Home: The Longfellow House & the Emergence of Portland

The Wadsworth-Longfellow house is the oldest building on the Portland peninsula, the first historic site in Maine, a National Historic Landmark, home to three generations of Wadsworth and Longfellow family members -- including the boyhood home of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The history of the house and its inhabitants provide a unique view of the growth and changes of Portland -- as well as of the immediate surroundings of the home.