Item 23767 - Rainy day room, Wadsworth-Longfellow House, Portland, 1908
- Item 23767 - Rainy day room, Wadsworth-Longfellow House, Portland, 1908
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- Item 23767
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Image Info Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) wrote his poem "The Rainy Day" in this room in his childhood home on Congress Street in Portland.
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The room served as an office for his brother Alexander Longfellow in the 1840s and was converted for use as a summer dining room when he no longer needed it as an office.
The room looks out over the back garden.
