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The Wadsworth-Longfellow House is a historic house and museum in Portland, Maine, United States. It is located at 489 Congress Street and is operated by the Maine Historical Society. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1962, and administratively added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1966. The house is open daily to ...
The research library at the Maine Historical Society is named for John Marshall Brown and his wife Alida (Carroll) Brown. The current library building was built in 1907 (replacing the Morton Block), [3] designed by Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow, nephew of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Monument is a public monument in Portland, Maine's West End. Located on the corner of State and Congress Street, it honors poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, who was born in Portland in 1807. The intersection built around the monument is known as Longfellow Square.
Maine Historical Society: November 17, 1980 : 485 Congress St. The Society's 1907 Library Building, located next to the Wadsworth-Longfellow House. 51: Maine Publicity Bureau Building: Maine Publicity Bureau Building: January 26, 1990
The house was built between 1800 and 1807 by Stephen Jewett, a carpenter, and Theophilus Smith, a mason, both of whom were from nearby Cornish. After its completion, Wadsworth gave his Portland home to his daughter Zilpah and her husband Stephen Longfellow, parents of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Longfellow is known to have frequently ...
The house at Portland was gifted to the Maine Historical Society by his granddaughter Anne Longfellow Pierce upon her death in 1901. She was the last family member to live in the home. [7] Wadsworth Hall, Peleg Wadsworth's home in Hiram, is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Longfellow Square is a public square in Portland, Maine, United States. Named for the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow , it is one of the three main squares on the city's Congress Street — the others being Congress Square and Monument Square , both located a short distance to the northeast.
Governor's House (Maine) May 30, 1974 ... It is the only pre-Revolutionary house in the Portland area that is open to the public. ... Wadsworth-Longfellow House. ...