Walt Whitman Birthplace Association — Attraction in Town of Huntington

I find the description of WW House as being in "Strip Mall Country" highly offensive. It was apparently written by someone who lives far, far away. The Walt Whitman House is a beautiful museum on Long Island's busiest commercial boulevard. It is an example of what life on Long Island was, and still IS in many spots. For the record, Long Island has more beach than Florida, world-class restaurants and hotels, a thriving tourist economy, is the heart of Technology in NY State and has NY State's largest continually productive agricultural county, Suffolk. Additionally LI is home to SUNY Stony Brook, Adelphi University, Molloy College and a dozen other institutions of higher learning. Two minutes of research would have revealed this, if the "non compos mentis" who wrote it had...

Beautiful Dutch-style farm house where Walt Whitman (1819-1892) was born. Even though Whitman lived here only during the first four years of his life (when the family moved to Brooklyn), the house provides a good impression of the surroundings that Whitman faced during those four years. The house is lovingly restored. Very informative tour guide. The adjacent Interpretive Center provides an informative exhibition on Whitman and a nice gift store. I also liked the understated architecture of the Interpretive Center. For Whitman fans I can also recommend a visit to the Walt Whitman House in Camden, New Jersey, where Whitman lived during the last years of his life. Whitman is also buried in Camden and you can find his family tomb at the Harleigh...

I'd been meaning to visit this place for a while, but getting out to the suburbs of Long Island from Manhattan is a trek. Luckily, I finally got to see it on a nice day and arrived just in time for a fantastic tour. The tour guide was very entertaining and knew his stuff, and the house is in great condition. A highlight was seeing the lilac tree that grew "in the dooryard" and could be seen out the window right over Whitman's childhood bed. I didn't spend much time at the museum, as it was mostly stuff to read, but it was set up nicely and they had a few cool things, like a book signed by Whitman and a first edition Leaves of Grass, plus a fun gift shop. I highly recommend visiting this place if you're a fan of...