Craigie House, Cambridge, Massachusetts

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Craigie House in Cambridge, Massachusetts is a historic mansion best known as the longtime home of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and later a center of literary and cultural life.

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Craigie House, Cambridge, Massachusetts canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf National Historic Site
historic house
mansion
museum
acquiredByMarriageBy Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
acquiredThrough marriage to Frances Appleton
alsoKnownAs Longfellow House–Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site
surface form: Longfellow House

Longfellow House–Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site
surface form: Longfellow House–Washington’s Headquarters

Longfellow House–Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site
surface form: Longfellow House–Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site
architecturalStyle Georgian architecture
associatedWith American literature
New England literary culture
associatedWithOccupation poet
builtFor John Vassall Jr.
city Cambridge
completionYear 1759
constructionStartYear 1759
country United States of America
surface form: United States
designatedNationalHistoricSiteYear 1972
eraOfSignificance 19th-century American literature
American Revolutionary War
hasFunction cultural education
historic interpretation
hasGardenType formal garden
hasNumberOfStories 3
locatedIn Cambridge, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Middlesex County, Massachusetts
United States of America
surface form: United States
longtimeHomeOf Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
managedBy National Park Service
near Harvard University
notableResident George Washington
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
openToPublic yes
originalOwner John Vassall Jr.
partOf Brattle Street Historic District
purchasedBy Andrew Craigie
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
servedAsHeadquartersDuring Siege of Boston
servedAsHeadquartersFor Continental Army
servedAsHeadquartersFrom July 1775
servedAsHeadquartersOf George Washington
servedAsHeadquartersUntil April 1776
state Massachusetts
streetAddress 105 Brattle Street
usedAs historic house museum
literary salon
military headquarters
residence

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Charles Appleton Longfellow residence Craigie House, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Frances Appleton Longfellow residence Craigie House, Cambridge, Massachusetts