#Elmwood- built in 1767, this was the home of #ThomasOliver, the British Lt Governor of the Massachusetts Colony. In the days leading up to the American Revolution there was an incident know as the #PowderAlarm, following that event an angry mob of some 4,000 people gathered in front of Elmwood demanding the resignation of Oliver. He did so, and he & his wife were forced to flee back to England. The Continental Army took over the home and it served as the residence for #BenedictArnold and his men. . Later home to poet James Russell Lowell, Norwegian virtuoso violinist #OleBull and his wife would also rent the house and entertain such high society Cantabrigians as #HenryWadsworthLongfellow and #EvenNortonHorsford. Today the property is owned by Harvard University and is used as the official residence of the Harvard President #igersboston #historichomes #newenglandhistory (at Elmwood (Cambridge, Massachusetts)) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHDpsOElIow/?igshid=1ns1ttt0kek2d
