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May 2, 2024 · Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The beloved American poet made Cambridge his home for more than 45 years. Fanny Longfellow. Henry Longfellow's wife was his domestic and literary partner and an astute observer of antebellum American society. George Washington.
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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 (1775–76). The house was built in 1759 for Jamaican plantation owner John Vassall Jr. , who fled the Cambridge area at the beginning of the American Revolutionary War because of ...
- 2 acres (0.81 ha)
- 50,784 (in 2015)
- October 9, 1972
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
One of the finest mid-Georgian houses in Cambridge and later the home of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, this house is a National Historic Landmark for several reasons. John Vassall built the house in 1759 as the centerpiece of a large property that extended to and across the Charles River.
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He and his young wife, Elizabeth, became known for their parties. When Andrew died, he was deeply in debt, and Elizabeth had to turn her home into a boarding-house. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the renowned American poet, occupied the house from 1837 to 1882. At first, when he was a professor of languages at Harvard College, he rented rooms in ...
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The beloved American poet made Cambridge his home for more than 45 years. Fanny Longfellow. Henry Longfellow's wife was his domestic and literary partner and an astute observer of antebellum American society. George Washington.
