Longfellow House Washington'S Headquarters National Historic Site

Overview

Longfellow House Washington'S Headquarters National Historic Site is managed by National Park Service and is located near Cambridge, Massachusetts. 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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Getting There

Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters NHS is located in a residential section of Cambridge, MA. There is very little public parking in the area and onsite parking is limited to vehicles with handicapped parking permits. However, the site is a short walk from Harvard Square, where there are paid parking lots and a station for the MBTA Red Line and numerous bus routes. The use of public transportation to the site is highly recommended. Follow the link for detailed instructions.

GPS Coordinates: 42.37698900000000, -71.12636999999999

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Phone: (617) 876-4491

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