Contributed by NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site
Description
Used by George Washington as his office during the Siege of Boston 1775-1776, this room served as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's study where he wrote many of his poems and was the setting for his poem "The Children's Hour."
About This Item
- Title: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Cambridge, ca. 1875
- Creator: George Kendall Warren
- Creation Date: circa 1875
- Subject Date: circa 1875
- Location: Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA
- Media: Albumen print
- Local Code: LONG 27930 (1006/015 item 63)
- Collection: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Family Papers
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Longfellow House (Cambridge, Mass.)--Interiors
- Maine authors
- Maine poets
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882--Photographs
- Washington, George, 1732-1799--Homes and haunts--Massachusetts--Cambridge
- Studies (Rooms)
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882--Homes and haunts--Massachusetts--Cambridge
- Longfellow National Historic Site (Cambridge, Mass.)
- Furnishings
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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