Howells
Memorial House is located in Kittery Point, Maine, about seventy
miles north of Cambridge. It is situated on a two-acre promontory
overlooking Portsmouth Harbor, with a stunning southerly view
of three lighthouses.
The writer
and critic William Dean Howells occupied this gracious two-story
Victorian house during the early 1900's. His descendant John N.
M. Howells donated the house to Harvard University in 1977. The
property is maintained as a memorial to the author and is administered
by a five-member committee. The site is used for study conferences,
retreats and recreation. |