Management of Longfellow National Historic Site is guided by its mission statement:
Longfellow National Historic Site preserves & interprets historically & culturally significant buildings, grounds, & collections which reflect the values & ideas of its occupants. As home & headquarters of Gen. George Washington during the Siege of Boston, 1775-76, home to poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow & family, 1837-1950, & one of the nation's finest examples of mid-Georgian architecture, Longfellow NHS offers insight into the many themes related to America's birth & evolving national identity.
For information on specific park policies and initiatives, click on the links below to read/download Longfellow National Historic Site management documents.
Did You Know?
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "The Song of Hiawatha" was published in 1855. The name Hiawatha is Iroquois, but most of the stories he drew on for his work were from the Chippewa.