The Celia Thaxter House is an historic house at 524 California Street in the village of
Newtonville in
Newton
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,
Massachusetts
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. The Italianate house was built c. 1856 as the home of Levi Lincoln Thaxter and
American
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poet
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and
author
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Celia Thaxter
Celia Thaxter (née Laighton; June 29, 1835 – August 25, 1894) was an American writer of poetry and stories. For most of her life, she lived with her father on the Isles of Shoals at his Appledore Hotel. How she grew up to become a writer is d ...
. The Thaxters lived here until 1880 when she moved to
Kittery Point, Maine
Kittery Point is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Kittery, York County, Maine, United States. First settled in 1623, Kittery Point traces its history to the first seafarers who colonized the shore of what became Massachusetts Bay ...
. It was in the Newtonville house that Celia Thaxter wrote her early poetry, and where the Thaxters played host to high-profile members of Boston's literary community.
The house was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1986.
See also
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References
External links
Celia Thaxter House -- National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Newton, Massachusetts
Italianate architecture in Massachusetts
Houses completed in 1856
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