Contributed by NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site
Description
Originally the kitchen, this space was renovated in the 1790s to serve as the dining room. Many elaborate dinner parties and gatherings took place here, including guests such as Hawthorne and Dickens.
About This Item
- Title: Dining room at the Vassall-Craigie-Longfellow House, Cambridge, Massachusetts, ca. 2005
- Creation Date: circa 2005
- Subject Date: circa 2005
- Location: Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA
- Media: Building, color transparency
- Local Code: slide 2.7G
- Object Type: Physical Object
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Dining rooms
- Furnishings
- Longfellow House (Cambridge, Mass.)--Interiors
- Longfellow National Historic Site (Cambridge, Mass.)
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882--Homes and haunts--Massachusetts--Cambridge
- Washington, George, 1732-1799--Homes and haunts--Massachusetts--Cambridge
People
For more information about this item, contact:
NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 876-4491
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