An Act to authorize the establishment of the Longfellow National Historic Site in Cambridge, Mass., and for other purposes
PL 92-475 (S.3129), enacted 10/09/1972

86 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 92-475-OCT. 9,1972 
791 
SEC. 2. The Secretary of Agriculture may accept title to the private 
lands described in section 1 of the Act subject to such outstanding 
rights and reservations as he determines will not interfere with the 
purposes for which the land is being acquired. 
SEC. 3. The Secretary of Agriculture may reserve such rights and 
interests in the national forest lands described in section 1 of the Act 
as he deems appropriate. 
SEC. 4. The lands acquired by the United States as described in 
section 1 of this Act are hereby added to the Carson National Forest, 
and shall be administered in accordance with the laws, rules, and 
regulations applicable thereto and shall have the same status as lands 
withdrawn from the public domain for national forest purposes. 
Approved October 9, 1972. 
Administration. 
Public Law 92-475 
AN ACT 
To authorize the establishment of the Longfellow National Historic Site in 
Cambridge, Massachusetts, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate arid House of Rejrresentatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That in order to 
preserve in public ownership for the benefit and inspiration of the 
people of the United States, a site of national historical significance 
containing a dwelling which is an outstanding example of colonial 
architecture and which served as George Washington's headquarters 
during the siege of Boston in 1775-1776, and from 1837 to 1882 as the 
home of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the Secretary of the Interior 
is authorized to acquire by donation the fee simple title to the real 
property and improvements thereon, together with furnishings and 
other personal property, situated at and known as 105 Brattle Street, 
Cambridge, Massachusetts, for establishment as the Longfellow 
National Historic Site. 
SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior is further authorized to accept 
the donation of not less than $200,000, and such other sums of money 
as may be tendered from time to time by the Trustees of the Longfellow 
House Trust, established pursuant to indentures dated October 28, 
1913, and November 18, 1914, and such funds or any part thereof and 
any interest thereon, may be used exclusively for the purposes of 
administration, maintenance, and operation of the Longfellow Na-
tional Historic Site. 
SEC. 3. The Longfellow National Historic Site shall be established 
when title to the real and personal property described in section 1 of 
this Act and the sum of $200,000 as set forth in section 2 of this Act 
have been accepted by the Secretary of the Interior, and upon such 
establishment, the Longfellow National Historic Site shall be admin-
istered by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with the Act 
approved August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535), as amended and supple-
mented, and the Act approved August 21,1935 (49 Stat. 666). 
SEC. 4. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as 
may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act, not to exceed, 
however, $586,600 (May 1971 prices) for development of the area, plus 
or minus such amounts, if any, as may be justified by reason of ordinary 
fluctuations in construction costs as indicated by engineering cost 
indices applicable to the types of construction involved herein. 
Approved October 9, 1972. 
October 9, 1972 
[S.3129] 
Longfellow 
National Historic 
Site, Mass. 
Establishment. 
Donation. 
Administration. 
16 u s e 1 
etseq. 
16 u s e 461 et 
seq. 
Appropriation. 
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