Celebrating the Legacy of Edna St. Vincent Millay
Millay House Rockland is a nonprofit organization that champions poets, as well as creators and practitioners of all the arts. It celebrates the legacy of Edna St. Vincent Millay and the rich heritage of midcoast Maine. Central to the mission is rejuvenating the literary landmark that is the birthplace of the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. Millay was born in Rockland on February 22, 1892.
The mirror image double-house, built in 1891 on an elm-lined street in a booming seacoast city, will now be a home for literary and educational programs serving all ages. The house, and eventually it’s garden, will be a setting in which to explore the poet's life and works, and to imagine for a bit what it was like to be born into a working class family more than 100 years ago. The house is now nearly restored and re-purposed, an act of saving place, creating a home for Millay House Rockland. We are pleased to be playing a role in regional heritage conservation.
Millay House Rockland Mission
Millay House Rockland will partner with cultural organizations and universities to offer educational opportunities, writers-in-residence programs, and outreach activities that feature new artistic pieces, as well as existing works. Rockland is now recognized as a mecca for artists and their patrons. We are proud and excited to be a part of this artistic Renascence.
We envision an organization that inspires knowledge and appreciation of the life and work of Edna St. Vincent Millay, ensures quality education in the literary and fine arts, and encourages poets, writers, artists and other members of our creative community.
Board of Directors
Ann Morris - President
Michelle Gifford - Vice President
Meg Weston - Treasurer
Steve Cartwright
Jefferson Navicky
Diane Norton
Cynthia Reeves
Mark Raymond
Austin Rodenbiker
Liz Kalloch
Millay House Rockland has been nominated to the National Historic Register by the Maine Historic Preservation Commission as the Singhi Double-House! Watch for news about this!
A Biography of Edna St. Vincent Millay
by Steve Cartwright
MHR Book Plates