Craigie House

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Craigie House is the historic Cambridge, Massachusetts mansion best known as the longtime home of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and his family.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic house
acquiredBy Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
acquisitionDate 1843
acquisitionMethod wedding gift from the family of Fanny Appleton
addedToNationalRegisterOfHistoricPlaces 1966
alsoKnownAs Longfellow House
Longfellow House–Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site
architecturalStyle Federal architecture
Georgian architecture
associatedWith 19th-century American literature
American poetry
George Washington
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
builtFor John Vassall Jr.
city Cambridge, Massachusetts
completionDate 1760
constructionStartDate 1759
country United States
function historic house museum
governingBody National Park Service
hasFeature literary and historical collections
period furnishings
hasGarden formal garden
heritageDesignation National Historic Landmark
National Historic Site
locatedIn Cambridge, Massachusetts
United States
longtimeResident Fanny Appleton Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Longfellow family
namedAfter Andrew Craigie
nationalHistoricLandmarkDesignationDate 1962
neighborhood Harvard Square area
linked to: Harvard Square
openToPublic yes
owner Andrew Craigie
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
partOf Longfellow House–Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site
significance important site in both American Revolutionary history and American literary history
significantDate 1775
significantEvent served as George Washington’s headquarters during the Siege of Boston
significantPeriod American Revolutionary War
state Massachusetts
streetAddress 105 Brattle Street
touristAttraction yes
usedAs headquarters of George Washington
literary salon
residence of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Edith Longfellow residence Craigie House