House of Representatives, 7th Essex Salem, John D. Keenan, Chairman of the Committee on Tourism, Arts & Cultural Development congratulated the members of the Whittier Home Association at the Whittier Home Museum recently in a letter stating that they were named one of the “1,000 Great Places in Massachusetts”. He also thanked them for making it a special place to live, work and visit.
For over 100 years the Whittier Home Association has been steward of the Whittier Home Museum & Gift Shop on 86 Friend Street in Amesbury, maintaining the property and collections, and striving to educate others about John G. Whittier. It is the house where John Greenleaf Whittier lived from 1836 until his death in 1892. As a Quaker, creative thinker, environmentalist and freedom lover, Whittier published poetry most of his life and is famed for “Snowbound” in addition to his anti-slavery activism. It has been a resource for researchers and students from the local schools for many years. Visit the home to see the family furnishings, artifacts and memorabilia, along with the Gift Shop’s publications of Whittier’s works and history.