The Wadsworth-Longfellow House |
General Peleg Wadsworth, Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow's grandfather, built the house in Portland, Maine (then a
district of Massachusetts) during 1785 and 1786 with bricks from
Philadelphia. The roof caught fire in 1814, and Henry's father decided to
add a third story to the house. In 1901, the Maine Historical Society
opened the house to visitors, making the Wadsworth-Longfellow house the
first "historic house museum" in Maine.
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Longfellow House in Portland, Maine (1901) |
Longfellow's family tomb (2nd from right) Western Cemetery, Portland, Maine |
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