Wadsworth-Longfellow House, Maine Historical Society Museum, Portland, ME - History Museums on Waymarking.com

Text of Museum Sign:

Wadsworth - Longfellow House
built 1785 - 1786

Open Seasonally for Tours
Built by Peleg Wadsworth in 1785-1786, this is the boyhood home of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Three generations of the Wadsworth and Longfellow families lived in the home until 1901, when Anne Longfellow Pierce, the port's sister, bequeathed the residence to the Maine Historical Society. It opened to the public that years as Maine's first -- and one of America's earliest -- house museums.

The Wadsworth-Longfellow House was designated a national Historic Landmark on December 19, 1962.

[Some history of the house as provided by Wikipedia:
[The house has both historical and literary importance, as it is both the oldest standing structure on the Portland peninsula and the childhood home of famous American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Revolutionary War General Peleg Wadsworth built the house in 1785-1786, the first wholly brick dwelling in Portland. Wadsworth raised ten children in the two-story structure with a pitched roof before retiring to the family farm in Hiram, Maine, in 1807. His daughter Zilpah and her husband Stephen Longfellow IV were married in the house.

Their son, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, was born nearby at the home of an aunt in 1807. He did not move with his parents to this house until he was eight months old, but spent the next 35 years there. The Longfellows added today's third story in 1815.

Anne Longfellow Pierce (1810-1901) was the last family member to live in the house. She deliberately kept the house much as it was in Peleg Wadsworth's time, but is perhaps best remembered for growing oranges in the window (no small feat in a Maine winter). Her will stipulated that the house, lot, and many furnishings be given to the Maine Historical Society upon her death.]