A two-story clapboard house with green shutters, twin chimneys and a columned side porch stands behind a wooden picket fence, with bare trees in the yard and neighboring houses at right. The caption names it the Whittier Home in Amesbury, Massachusetts, the residence of the poet John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892), who lived there from 1836 until his death and wrote much of his verse in its upstairs study. The house is now preserved as a museum.
White border along the right edge; tinted lithographic color with visible screen texture; light scuffing and edge wear.
No postmark and no handwriting; undivided back with "THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS" and a dotted address area. Imprint along left edge: The Hugh C. Leighton Co., Manufacturers, Portland, Me., U.S.A., printed in Frankfort o/Main, Germany. Light soiling and edge wear; front is a color lithograph view with a white border.
Cite this card
Whittier Home, Amesbury, Massachusetts, circa 1910, postcard, n.d.. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/whittier-home-amesbury-massachusetts-circa-1910. Accessed October 24, 2026.
