Yellow three-story mansion with symmetrical facade. Steps and large lawn in foreground. Framed by br — Elm trees frame the front facade of the Vassall-Craigie-Longfellow House. NPS Photo / James P. Jones | Photography RI

Longfellow House Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site

National Historic Site · Massachusetts · National Park Service

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 19th-century American literature.

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Phone: (617) 876-4491
Official site: www.nps.gov
Managed by: National Park Service

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What's here

Highlights: Architecture and Building · African American Heritage · American Revolution · Arts · Painting · Photography · Poetry and Literature · Sculpture · Enslavement · Industry · Laborer and Worker · LGB American Heritage · Landscape Design · Military · Infantry and Militia · US Army · Native American Heritage · Presidents · Religion and Spirituality · Schools and Education · Social Movements · Abolition Movement · Wars and Conflicts · Colonial/European Contact Conflicts · French and Indian War · American Revolutionary War · Civil War · Spanish-American War · World War I · Cold War · Women's History

Activities & features: Arts and Culture · Live Music · Guided Tours · Hands-On · Arts and Crafts · Junior Ranger Program · Museum Exhibits · Shopping · Bookstore and Park Store