Walt Whitman Birthplace

Type: 
Historical Site
Phone: 
(631) 427-5240

The Walt Whitman Birthplace was built in 1819 by Walter Whitman, father to the poet Walt Whitman. Today the Birthplace house and Interpretive Center offer guided tours, a museum shop and bookstore, picnic facilities, auto-hiking tours of West Hills, concerts, lectures, poetry readings, poetry contests, and a Poet-in-Residence program.

Address: 
246 Old Walt Whitman Road
South Huntington, NY 11746