cambridge massachusetts known oliver house historic house centerpiece cambridge massachusetts known prominent residents including royal lieutenant governor massachusetts declaration independence vice president united_states term noted american writer poet foreign diplomat house originally acre estate built georgian style wealthy merchant family abandoned loyalist oliver outset american revolutionary war property confiscated state massachusetts purchased family residence death house sold heirs family birthplace residence life ownership significant portions original estate sold heirs sold house harvard_university professor bequeathed property university uses official residence president house retained georgian character modest exterior additions modifications decorated victorian style harvard restored interior traditional georgian style took property house open public addition property owned harvard encompasses adjacent state owned park original oliver estate history oliver revolution house known built appointed lieutenant governor massachusetts spring estate located western edge cambridge massachusetts time consisted acres rolling fields commanding view oliver property extended north boston neighborhood brighton south cambridge far mansion built brother law washington september orders given governor british_army troops removed provincial gunpowder magazine today activity caused spontaneous rising militia province amid rumors actual violence known day oliver able dissipate crowd formed cambridge near present day harvard square going boston reporting military movements planned crowd followed home compelled resign office protest oliver family shortly fled boston early siege boston began battles lexington concord april house occupied troops eventually continental_army building notable occupants time connecticut militia hospital british military evacuated boston march like loyalists traveled nova scotia oliver eventually settled bristol england died massachusetts government confiscated oliver property american revolutionary war sold purchased cambridge estate home aftermath criticized scene protests burned served governor massachusetts state prompted term describe practice shaping legislative districts partisan ways march took oath office vice president united_states house died washington rented large parts estate tenant farmers sold later land near relative operated landing area located near present day known landing family acres including house purchased family family home born february 1850s dealt personal including sudden death mother daughter rose personal troubles compromise convinced spend winter italy trip financed sale land intended sell ultimately original acres sold supplement income personal troubles continued son walter died overseas wife died october father deaf sister deteriorating mentally went speaking weeks difficulty time invitation speak resulted job offer accepted job request allowed study abroad year returned united_states began duties harvard summer loss wife avoided lodging instead area known professors row street cambridge daughter married death father january heart attack moved family despite avoiding home long pleased wrote friend place love best sitting old old desk smoking old pipe begin feel like old self years expenses drained taxes year early considered renting moving smaller home instead ease financial plight began sell land half acres remained remained remainder life period served minister spain great_britain wrote best known works including vision sir papers published named house mentions home poetry friend fellow poet wrote poem house called summer traveled europe rented house years later appointed ambassador spain rented home shortly bull death norwegian poet playwright novelist guest bull widow months return united_states stayed death died home august 20th century present death house inherited daughter wife children purchased remaining lands heirs porter harvard professor house private residence taught classes allowed students use extensive library terms property bequeathed harvard death wife granted lifetime occupancy died time harvard took control property major renovations occupied served harvard dean faculty arts sciences 1960s acting president moved family grounds amid security concerns originating student protest activity near president residence street house official residence harvard presidents houses portions library harvard owned property adjacent state owned declared established memorial paid private subscription public funds donated state administered successor responsible park architecture parts interior altered exterior changed greatly years large square structure georgian style brick lined walls chimneys floor plans floor rooms central hall housing staircase windows second floors decorative 19th century surrounds roof exterior flanked supporting classic decorated large window topped triangular building modifications additions principally ownership period additions housing modern services library added west house floor windows dining room replaced french doors story porch roof deck added north house terrace installed south decorated house victorian style harvard restored building interior 18th century style took property
Elmwood (Cambridge, Massachusetts)