The James Russell Lowell House
THE JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL HOUSE
Built in 1767. Used as a hospital during the Battle of Bunker Hill. Later Benedict Arnold used it as his headquarters for three weeks. James Russell Lowell was born here in 1819. Follow Elmwood Avenue to Brattle Street where we turn right. On our left we see the Fayerweather House and the Nichols House, both built in 1660. Further down Brattle Street, we come to the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow House, built in 1759. Turning left at Mason Street we pass Radcliffe College. In 1894 the Society for the Collegiate Instruction of Women or more familiarly the “Harvard Annex” was incorporated as Radcliffe College. Named after Lady Moulson, née Ann Radcliffe, who was the first woman to make a gift of money to Harvard. We follow Mason Street to the