H W Longfellow National Site

Served as George Washington's headquarters from 1775-1776, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's home from 1837-1882, and now housing art work from around the world.

A granite block outside marks the site of the spreading chestnut tree he made famous in his work "The Village Blacksmith." So much for sentiment, however. The tree was cut down and made into the chair that stands just to the right of the fireplace.

Virtually unchanged from its mid-19th-century appearance, the house is crowded with original furniture, books, artwork and the family china.

If there's one historic house to visit in Cambridge, this is it. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the poet whose stirring tales of the Village Blacksmith, Evangeline, Hiawatha, and Paul Revere's midnight ride thrilled 19th-century America, once lived in this elegant mansion. One of several original Tory Row homes on Brattle Street, the house was built in 1759 by John Vassall Jr., and George...

In Short
This house has a remarkable history, dating to the time it was abandoned by a family of British loyalists at the outbreak of the Revolutionary War. Requisitioned by the...

In 1936 American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow arrived in Cambridge. He first came to this house as a boarder; later when he remarried in 1843, his father-in-law bought the house and gave it to the couple as a wedding present. Longfellow lived here for 45 years and taught at nearby Harvard University. The house is doubly noteworthy as General George Washington's headquarters during the siege...

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