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  1. May 2, 2024 · Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site preserves a remarkable Georgian house whose occupants shaped our nation. It was a site of colonial enslavement and community activism, George Washington’s first long-term headquarters of the American Revolution, and the place where Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote his canon of ...

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  2. It was a site of colonial enslavement and community activism, George Washington’s first long-term headquarters of the American Revolution, and the place where Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote his canon of 19th-century American literature.

  3. News Release Date: May 6, 2024. Contact: Emily Levine. The National Park Service announces the 2024 public season at Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site, a free destination for groundbreaking history, contemporary poetry and music, and family activities.

  4. 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.

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  6. Mar 24, 2023 · Learn About the Park. Longfellow grandson Harry Dana and secretary Bill Gedritis working in the early house archives, circa 1935. Buildings and Grounds Photograph Collection (3008-2-15-6) Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site has long been a beacon to learners.

  7. H.W.L. Dana Papers, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site. Washington Collections Highlight. Harry Dana, grandson of famed poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, served as an important caretaker of the Longfellow House, preserving his grandfather’s Cambridge estate.

  8. The park today is 1.98 acres, but at its largest, the property was once 140 acres. Explore our StoryMap below or open full-size to see how the property evolved from a colonial farm estate, to a country house, to the National Historic Site that it is today.