Longfellow House - Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site

The Longfellow House–Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site is a historic site located at 105 Brattle Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was the home of noted American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow for almost 50 years, and it had previously served as the headquarters of General George Washington during the early American Revolutionary War.

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Type: Park
Description: historic site in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Also known as: “LONG”, “Longfellow House – Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site”, “Longfellow House Washington Headquarters National Historic Site”, “Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site”, “Longfellow House–Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site”, “Longfellow National Historic Site”, and “Vassall-Craigie-Longfellow House”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Harvard College Observatory and Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America.

Harvard College Observatory

Observatory

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The Harvard College Observatory is an institution managing a complex of buildings and multiple instruments used for astronomical research by the Harvard University Department of Astronomy.

Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America

Library

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The Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America is a research library at Harvard Radcliffe Institute at Harvard University.

Harvard Kennedy School

University

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The John F. Kennedy School of Government, commonly referred to as the Harvard Kennedy School, is the graduate school of public policy of Harvard University, a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Cambridge Historic District and Avon Hill Historic District.

Old Cambridge Historic District

Neighborhood

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The Old Cambridge Historic District is a historic district encompassing a residential neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts that dates to colonial times.

Avon Hill Historic District

Neighborhood

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The Avon Hill Historic District is a residential historic district near Porter Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Set atop Avon Hill southwest of Porter Square, this subdivision, laid out about 1870, contains a concentration of the finest Victorian and Second Empire residential buildings in the city.