At today’s Senate Energy Committee meeting, the Harriet Beecher Stowe House Resource Study Act was debated and forwarded favorably to the full Senate for Consideration. The bill, introduced by U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins (R-Maine), will authorize a study to determine the feasibility of including the Stowe House in Brunswick as part of the National Parks System. Harriet Beecher Stowe lived in the house on Federal Street from 1850 to 1852 while her husband taught at Bowdoin and completed her seminal work and masterpiece Uncle Tom’s Cabin within its walls.
“The work of Harriet Beecher Stowe changed the course of history by mobilizing American public opinion against the indignity of slavery,” Senators Snowe and Collins said. “We couldn’t be more proud that Uncle Tom’s Cabin was written in Brunswick and that Stowe’s iconic book will forever be a piece of Maine’s history. By preserving the Stowe House as part of the National Parks System, we can help ensure that this literary landmark will be preserved for posterity and for the education and enjoyment of the public for years to come.”
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