Longfellow House–Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site

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Longfellow House–Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site is a historic house in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that served both as George Washington’s Revolutionary War headquarters and later as the home of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.


Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf former residence
historic house museum
national historic site
architecturalStyle Colonial architecture
Georgian architecture
associatedWith American Revolutionary War
Continental Army
George Washington
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
builtFor John Vassall Jr.
category Historic house museums in Massachusetts
Museums in Cambridge, Massachusetts
National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts
National Historical Parks of the United States
constructionStartDate 1759
country United States
hasFunction historic site
museum
hasWebsite https://www.nps.gov/long/index.htm
heritageDesignation National Historic Landmark
National Historic Site
inception 18th century
locatedIn Brattle Street Historic District
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
New England
United States
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
locatedNear Harvard University
managedBy National Park Service
notableResident George Washington
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
openToPublic true
ownedBy United States federal government
partOf United States National Park System
preserves George Washington's Cambridge headquarters
home of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
servedAsResidenceOf George Washington
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
significantEvent Headquarters of George Washington during the Siege of Boston
streetAddress 105 Brattle Street
topicOf Revolutionary War tours
literary history tours
usedAs George Washington's headquarters
Revolutionary War headquarters
usedBy George Washington
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Referenced by (11)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Alice Mary Longfellow ("Longfellow House–Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site")
Charles Appleton Longfellow
associatedWith
Cambridge city center ("Longfellow House–Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site vicinity")
Cambridge, Massachusetts
hasLandmark
John Vassall Jr. ("George Washington's headquarters")
John Vassall Jr.
houseOwnedLaterUsedAs
Ernest Wadsworth Longfellow ("Longfellow House–Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site")
hasCollectionIn
Brattle Street ("Longfellow House–Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site")
hasPart
Longfellow House–Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site ("George Washington's Cambridge headquarters")
preserves
Ford Mansion ("George Washington's headquarters")
servedAs
Longfellow House–Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site ("George Washington's headquarters")
usedAs

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