Longfellow National Historic Site, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is an outstanding example of a historic site representing the themes of arts and literature. For almost half a century this was the home of one of the world's foremost poets, scholars and educators, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Longfellow House is also significant in America's colonial history. General George Washington headquartered and planned the Siege of Boston here between July, 1775 and April, 1776.