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Longfellow Former Home – Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s home
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s home and George Washington’s headquarters. 6/27/2012 1:11:44 PM


Longfellow home
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Sign in front of the Longfellow home and Washington’s headquarters. 6/27/2012 1:11:32 PM


Longfellow home parlor
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Parlor of the Longfellow home. 6/27/2012 1:35:12 PM


Longfellow's study

Image taken of a photograph in the Longfellow home showing Longfellow sitting in his study. Compare it to the current image of his study showing how little the study has changed.


Longfellow’s study
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Longfellow’s study – note the picture on the wall and the grandfather clock just as they were in the old photograph taken of Longfellow in his study. 6/27/2012 1:41:58 PM


Longfellow’s library
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The Longfellow’s library – the room where Fanny Longfellow caught on fire and died of burns. 6/27/2012 1:48:54 PM


The room that George and Martha Washington slept in
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The room that George and Martha Washington slept in when the home was his headquarters. It is called the Blue Room and is currently furnished with all of Longfellow’s furniture. 6/27/2012 1:57:29 PM

The Longfellow house is located at 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA. It was used as George Washington’s Headquarters during the beginning of the Revolutionary War and later became the home of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

The Longfellow house was built in 1759 and was originally owned by John Vassall. Vassall was a loyalist and thus returned to England after the onset of the Revolutionary War. George Washington, the commander and chief of the Colonial Army, set up his military head quarters in the abandoned house and remained there throughout the beginning of the war until the British left Boston in July, 1776. His wife Martha lived there with him from December, 1775 until March, 1776. Washington met with and entertained many important officials in the house. Among them were John and Abigail Adams, Benedict Arnold, Henry Knox, and Nathaniel Greene.

Washington’s Apothecary General, Andrew Craigie, purchased the home in 1791. After his death his wife Elizabeth rented out rooms to borders. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow first came to the home as a border early in his career as a poet and Harvard professor. When he first approached Mrs. Craigie about renting a room she refused him, because she did not believe that he was actually a professor, and she did not rent rooms to students. Finally Longfellow was able to convince her that he was indeed a poet and professor when he told her that he was the author of the book she was reading.

After Elizabeth Craigie’s death Longfellow’s future father in law, Nathan Appleton, bought the house and gave it to Longfellow and his daughter Frances as a wedding gift. The Longfellow’s lived in the house for the rest of their lives.

Jack Crane

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The Longfellow House

The Longfellow House–Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, also known as the Vassall-Craigie-Longfellow House and, until December 2010, Longfellow National Historic Site, is a historic site located at 105 Brattle Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. For almost fifty years, it was the home of noted American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. For a time, it had previously served as the headquarters of George Washington.

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