Item 15738 - Longfellow elm trees, 1908 Item 15738 - Longfellow elm trees, 1908 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Item 15738 Zoom 3159px x 4420px - 10.5"w x 14.7"h @ 300dpi | Need a larger size? *Credit line must read: Collections of Maine Historical Society Image Info View of the road heading toward the Longfellow farm in East Gorham. The poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, spent much of his childhood there at the home of his grandparents, Stephen and Patience Young Longfellow. The house, built in 1761, and farm were surrounded with hundreds of elm trees, set out in the late 1700s. Show Details