The house remained in the Thorp family until 1981 .
This summer house was built in 1895 for Joseph Gilbert Thorp and Anne Longfellow Thorp , he a prominent Boston lawyer and she the daughter of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow .
The house remained in the Anne Longfellow Thorp family until 1981 .
This summer house was built in 1895 for Joseph Gilbert Thorp and Anne Longfellow Thorp , he a prominent Boston lawyer and she the daughter of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow .