washington washington known december historic site located cambridge massachusetts years home noted american poet previously served headquarters general george_washington house built fled cambridge area beginning american revolutionary war loyalty king england george_washington occupied house headquarters beginning july served base operations moved april washington person home significant period time purchasing house instigated home major addition financial situation time death forced widow came home owner father law purchased wedding gift lived home death family live home family established preservation home donated national_park_service home represents mid georgian architectural style open public history early history original house built loyalist inherited land called cambridge demolished structure stood built new mansion home summer residence wife elizabeth oliver children wife brother royal lieutenant governor massachusetts moved cambridge built nearby mansion known eve american revolution september fled boston days battles lexington concord home temporary hospital colonel occupied house temporary barracks june initially general george_washington commander chief newly formed continental_army headquarters decided needed space staff washington moved july headquarters home departed april found view house particularly useful home shared aide camps including colonel time washington visited study washington confronted evidence spy house washington received poem written published african american poet come cambridge wrote shall happy person favored joined husband december stayed march brought washington nephew son john wife twelfth night january couple celebrated wedding anniversary home washington reported friend days heard number cannon shells boston hill personal reception room furnished english furniture left servants including tailor named slaves including entertained surviving household accounts family purchased large quantities beef lamb wild ducks fresh fish barrels gallons bottles wine purchased week period washington left house april great fortune earliest successful washington owned house went bankrupt sold house wealthy boston merchant turn occupied family bought house general american army ballroom hosted duke kent father queen_victoria living home married daughter clergyman year old years elder trying restore home died left wife elizabeth great debt took support people connected nearby harvard_university short term residents home included sparks moved home april preparing biography washington based original documents recorded journal singular engaged preparing press letters wrote cambridge taking command american army occupy rooms time aunt moved cambridge job smith professor modern languages friend recommended rent room floor home professor street stayed academic year disliked place sought better accommodations beginning summer rented rooms east second floor home street owned thought student harvard refused rent convinced professor author book reading new earned reputation eccentric wore 1840s wrote incident worms devastating trees property sit open window let crawl white refused trees protected said sir good right live fellow worms maid time woman named served meals room called moving home august wrote father new rooms praise want painting rooms rented ones personally george_washington headquarters wrote friend live great house looks like italian villa large rooms opening washington chambers major works composed home prose romance likely inspired pursuit affections voices night poetry collection included life 20th century literary scholar notes early years marked real beginning literary career died family death entire property leased heirs turn rented eastern half house house purchased gave house wedding gift married daughter paid home wrote brother august decided let father purchase grand old mansion especially friend reminded noble inheritance washington room proud connection washington purchased bust home copy sculpture worcester wife tenants western half house new home doors completed spring wrote worcester family left complete possession house rooms nicely cleaned stairs entries purchased land street mother wrote view intercepted gift included acres land lived house decades producing famous poems including paul ride village longer works song living house published poetry collections novels epic poems plays translation poet popularity increased wife referred home castle oversaw creation formal garden wife oversaw interior purchased items new_york worth installed central heating time house hosted famous artists writers politicians attracted fame specific visitors included singer actress emperor brazil visited house privately requested company raised daughters sons home wife stayed home respective deaths spent summers massachusetts wrote floor study washington office surrounded portraits friends including portraits write center table desk fire died home july dress accidentally caught fire husband attempted quell flames managing face burning burned face badly began growing beard hide preservation current use died daughter children live home surviving children established preserve home view intention preserve home memorial washington showcase property prime example georgian architecture trust successfully lobbied house national historic landmark trust donated property national_park_service open public house museum display original nineteenth century artwork books owned dining table important visitors gathered display owned family site renamed washington december ensure connection washington lost memory general public site possesses original documents relevant occupants home archives open scholarly research appointment street washington municipal park known park middle sits memorial sculptor dedicated addition bust poet carved relief depicts famous characters village spanish student monument similar french designed street leads home architecture landscape structure original house built georgian architectural style pair large frame facade expressed aristocratic background added story expanded library thirty foot ballroom entrance family time home structural changes wrote plans projects desire change feature old washington rendered sacred washington noted garden northeast end property oversaw creation original garden shaped shortly wedding began garden earnest imported trees england help trees included number cedar lebanon norway switzerland oregon shape proved impractical new design help landscape architect named new design square surrounding circle cut tear shaped garden beds outlined trimmed referred shape persian father death commissioned america female landscape architects redesign formal garden colonial revival style garden recently restored organization called completed final stage reconstruction historic time home photographed recognizable homes united_states early twentieth century sold scaled home build version home home appear united_states replica simply called exists minneapolis originally built businessman currently serves information center scale replica house built massachusetts turn 20th century building remaining scale replica original home maintaining original historical character
Longfellow House–Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site