Building / Landmark · 1759 · Cambridge
Longfellow House–Washington’s Headquarters
Built in 1759, the house served as George Washington's headquarters from July 1775 to April 1776 and later as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's home.
Why it matters
One house, both revolutions of Cambridge’s story: the military one and the literary one.
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What this meant before
17591759Longfellow House–Washington’s Headquarters enters the civic record here.1775Washington Takes Command (1775)George Washington arrived in Cambridge on July 2, 1775 and took command from Artemas Ward that evening, beginning the work of organizing the Continental Army during the siege of Boston.
- Established
- 1759
- Address
- 105 Brattle St, Cambridge
- Online
- Official site ↗
- Public connections
- 2
- Sources
- 3
Plan your visit
Websitenps.gov/long ↗
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Historical context
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Longfellow House–Washington’s Headquarters is linked, through the graph, to Cambridge — city, 17 min walk away. The kind of thread you only find by following the connections.
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✓Source qualityBest source is primary / institutional
✓Independent corroboration3 resolvable sources across 2 tiers
✓Review stateReview attributed to durjoy-ace-local-history-editor
✓Institutional backingCites a primary or institutional source
✓Record completeness80% of canonical fields present
Sources, by tier
Longfellow House–Washington's Headquarters Park Brochure Primary / institutional
U.S. National Park Service Primary / institutional
Original published record Unclassified
Review date: 2026-08-23
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Record coverage82
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