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Wadsworth- Longfellow House
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Written by GOseacoast Tours
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Page 1 of 2 HISTORIC HOUSE
POSTCARD TOUR
The poe's childhood home
No, that's not Moses. It is our Maine neighbor Henry Wadsworth Longfellow looking
fearsome in his elder years. His Portland home is adjacent to the Maine Historical
Society. Since photos are not allowed inside, we found these great old postcards
in an antique shop.
Wadsworth-Longfellow House
Portland, Maine
111 early postcard on two web pages
Maine Historical Society
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 – 1882) grew up here in his grandfather’s home.
Longfellow was at the top of his game back when poets were a popular as rock stars.
His top "hits" included Hiawatha, The Courtship of Myles standish, Evangeline and Tales of as Wayside Inn (including "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere" and Portsmouth’s own "Lady Wentworth").
The building was among the very first brock homes in Porltand, Maine (then called
Falmouth Neck). It was completed in 1786 by Longfellow’s grandfather, a Revolutionary
War general. Longfellow’s mother Zilpah Wadsworth was among 11 other siblings
and raised her eight children here. Longfellow was living here at age 13 when
he published his first poem in the Portland newspaper – a drama based on history
that was to become his most popular format.. Longfellow later attended Bowdoin
college nearby with classmates Nathaniel Hawthorne and Franklin Pierce, all from
the Class of 1825. Longfellow taught at Bowdoin and then at Harvard as his career
as an author continued to gain momentum. Longfellow was married twice and both
of his wives died tragically.
Anne Longfellow Pierce lived in the house until her death in 1901. Although the
house had been renovated and a floor added during her parent’s era, Anne Pierce
made few major changes. The house was opened as a museum the same year, one of
the first in Maine, and so nicely represents a dwelling of the mid-19th century – still not converted to gas heat and without indoor plumbing.
We found the following set of postcards at a flea market in Harpswell, Maine.
The rooms are amazingly the same as the were to early 20th century pilgrims who came to visit the famous poet’s home. The postcard collection
is similar to the series available for the Thomas Bailey Aldrich house in Potsmouth, NH, also publisher online here.
Photo of Longfellow courtesy of the Longfellow National Historic site in Cambrdige, MA.




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