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Longfellow House - Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site
Operating Hours & Seasons

Longfellow House - Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site Closed for 2011 Season

Longfellow House - Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site is now closed to the public for regularly scheduled tours.  Public tours will be offered again in spring, 2012.

Special group and student tours are available, staff permitting.  Please call (617) 876-4491 for information.  Other special tours and events offered during the off season will be listed on the web site. 

The park's archives are open for researchers by appointment.  Call (617) 491-1054.


The gardens and grounds are free and open to the public from dawn to dusk every day. 
Apart from handicapped parking, there is no on-site visitor parking available.  Metered parking is available on Brattle Street and other nearby roads.  Several parking garages and lots are located in Harvard Square, a ten minute walk from Longfellow House - Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site.  The Harvard Square subway station, located in Harvard Square, is also a ten minute walk from the site.

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The Departure of Hiawatha, by Albert Bierstadt, c. 1868.

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.

Last Updated: November 02, 2011 at 11:37 MST