Elmwood, also known as the Oliver-Gerry-Lowell House, is a historic house and centerpiece of a National Historic Landmark District in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is known for several prominent former
Elmwood, December 2008
James Russell Lowell at Elmwood (from Edward Everett Hale's biography of Lowell, published 1891)
This marker near Mount Auburn Street summarizes the history of the home
Lowell Park; Elmwood is visible in the distance
Arthur Kingsley Porter
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Arthur Kingsley Porter was an American archaeologist, art historian, and medievalist. He was chair of Harvard University's art history department, and was the first American scholar of Romanesque arch
Elmwood (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
…Lowell's ownership significant portions of the original estate were sold off, and his heirs sold the house to art historian and Harvard professor, Arthur Kingsley Porter. He bequeathed the property to the university, which now uses it as the official residence of its president. Architecturally the house has retained…
Arthur Kingsley Porter Passport
Glenveagh Castle (Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)