One of a number of original Tory Row homes on Brattle Street, the house was built in 1759 by John Vassall, Jr. Longfellow lived here in 1837 as a boarder and later received the house as a gift ...

In the winter of 1860, Cambridge, Massachusetts, captures the essence ... sleigh bells and laughter crescendo as the Longfellow family, bundled in winter wool, is whisked along behind glossy ...