Lucy Maud Montgomery Birthplace - New London, PEI
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House that was the birthplace of Lucy Maud Montgomery, author of the Anne of Green Gables stories.
Waymark Code: WMPQ36
Location: Prince Edward Island, Canada
Date Posted: 10/05/2015
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Small one and a half story house built around 1874. The Famous Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery was born here on 30 November, 1874. Although most famous for her Anne of Green Gables stories, she was very accomplished in other prose and poetry.
From the Heritage page:
"This small rural one-and-one-half storey cottage was built by Senator Donald Montgomery (1807-1893) of Park Corner in approximately 1874 for his son Hugh John Montgomery and his wife Clara Woolner Macneill, parents of Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942). Lucy Maud Montgomery was born in the house on 30 November 1874. Sadly, Clara Montgomery died of tuberculosis when her daughter was only 21 months of age. Lucy Maud was raised in Cavendish by her maternal grandparents and her father later re-located to Saskatchewan where he remarried.
The building has retained many of its original architectural features and remains on its original site. Besides the addition of an ell wing in approximately 1890, the structure has seen little change until some work in 1965 when windows were changed to six over six pane sash windows, and a concrete foundation added. A store on the property once operated by Hugh John Montgomery was destroyed in a 1938 fire.
The property was held by a number of owners subsequent to the Montgomery family. The property was transferred to the provincial government to be operated as a tourist attraction as part of the 1964 Centennial celebrations. In 1965 the L.M. Montgomery Act was passed "to provide for the administration, operation and maintenance of the birthplace of Lucy Maud Montgomery". A volunteer foundation continues to operate the site. Many items associated with the author are on display including a replica of her wedding dress and original shoes, and original scrapbooks. Period furnishings provide visitors with a glimpse of a late 19th century rural home.
Montgomery's literary works have spurred not only general and academic interest in her writings, but also great interest in the Prince Edward Island places where she was born, lived and loved attracting visitors to the province since the publication of her first novel Anne of Green Gables in 1908."
The house was designated a provincial heritage property on 18 August, 2010.
URL of Page from Heritage Register: [Web Link]
Site's Own URL: [Web Link]
Address of site:
6461 Route 20
New London, PEI
C0A 1M0
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