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.

Longfellow National Historic Site 2004 Comprehensive Interpretive Plan (.pdf file, 582 KB)

Longfellow National Historic Site's National Parks Conservation Association Report (.pdf file, 1.18 MB)

Longfellow National Historic Site Landscape Recovery Plan (.pdf file, 226 KB)

Centennial Initiative 2016 - The National Park Service prepares to turn 100.