Longfellow Mansion

Original Vintage Card
  
Sale Price: $5.95
Original Price: $11.95

Stock #:343765
Type: Postcard
Era: Divided Back
City: Portland
State: Maine (ME)
County: Cumberland
Publisher: Hugh C. Leighton Co.
Postmark: 1907 Dec-20
Postmark City: Bethel
Postmark State: ME
Stamp: 1c
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

Additional Details:
The early home of America's greatest poet. It stands upon the main thoroughfare of the city, in the midst of its greatest activities. This was the first brick house in Portland, erected by the poet's grandfather, General Peleg Wadsworth of Revolutionary fame, 1785-86. Owned and preserved by the Longfellow Historical Society, it is filled with interesting mementoes of the poet and is open to visitors

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