Historic places in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge in Middlesex County has 212 properties on the National Register of Historic Places: 168 buildings, 41 districts, 2 structures, 1 object. The first was listed in 1966 and the most recent in 2023. The most common areas of significance here are architecture, community planning and development, education. 19 are National Historic Landmarks: Birkhoff, George D., House, Bridgman, Percy, House, Daly, Reginald A., House, Elmwood, Hastings, Oliver, House, Little, Arthur D., Inc., Building, Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site (Additional Documentation), Massachusetts Hall, Harvard University, Memorial Hall, Harvard University, Mount Auburn Cemetery, University Hall, Harvard University, Baldwin, Maria, House, Christ Church, Davis, William Morris, House, Fuller, Margaret, House, Gray, Asa, House, Richards, Theodore W., House, Sever Hall, Harvard University, Stoughton, Mary Fisk, House. Open to visitors: Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site (Additional Documentation), Fogg Art Museum, Charles River Basin Historic District.
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Birkhoff, George D., House
It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1975 for its association with Harvard University professor George David Birkhoff (1884–1944), one of the most important mathematicians of his time. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #75000295
Bridgman, Percy, House (also Bridgman House--Buckingham School)
It is a National Historic Landmark, notable for its associations with Dr. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #75000298
Daly, Reginald A., House
The Reginald A. Daly House is a historic house located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #76000305
Elmwood (also James Russell Lowell House; Oliver-Gerry-Lowell House)
Elmwood, also known as the Oliver-Gerry-Lowell House, is a historic house and centerpiece of a National Historic Landmark District in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #66000364
Hastings, Oliver, House (also Hodges House)
The Oliver Hastings House is a historic house in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #70000681
Little, Arthur D., Inc., Building
The Arthur D. Little Inc., Building is a National Historic Landmark at 30 Memorial Drive in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Memorial Dr. · NPS record #76001970
Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site (Additional Documentation) (also Vassall House; Castle Craigie)
Address not published · NPS record #66000049
Massachusetts Hall, Harvard University
Massachusetts Hall is the oldest surviving building at Harvard College, the first institution of higher learning in the British colonies in America, and second-oldest academic building in the United States after the Wren Building at the College of William & Mary. [Wikipedia]
Harvard University Yard · NPS record #66000769
Memorial Hall, Harvard University
Cambridge and Quincy Sts., Harvard University campus · NPS record #70000685
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Mount Auburn Cemetery, located in Cambridge and Watertown, Massachusetts, is the first rural or garden cemetery in the United States. [Wikipedia]
580 Mount Auburn St. · NPS record #75000254
University Hall, Harvard University
University Hall is a white granite building designed by the great early American architect Charles Bulfinch and built by the noted early engineer Loammi Baldwin Jr. [Wikipedia]
Harvard Yard · NPS record #70000736
Baldwin, Maria, House
The house is the northern half of a 19th-century two-family house, notable for its associations with educator Maria Louise Baldwin (1856–1922). [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #76000272
Christ Church
Christ Church, at Zero Garden Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., is a parish of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Garden St. · NPS record #66000140
Davis, William Morris, House
An architecturally undistinguished Queen Anne-era house, probably built in the 1890s, it is notable as the home of William Morris Davis between 1898 and 1916. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #76000306
Fuller, Margaret, House (also Margaret Fuller Neighborhood House)
The Margaret Fuller House was the birthplace and childhood home of American transcendentalist Margaret Fuller (1810–1850). [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #71000686
Gray, Asa, House
A National Historic Landmark, it is notable architecturally as the earliest known work of the designer and architect Ithiel Town, and historically as the residence of several Harvard College luminaries. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #66000655
Richards, Theodore W., House (also 15 Follen St.)
Built in 1900, it was the home until his death of Theodore William Richards (1868–1928), the first American to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #76001999
Sever Hall, Harvard University
Sever Hall is an academic building at Harvard University designed by the American architect H. H. Richardson and built in the late 1870s. [Wikipedia]
Harvard Yard · NPS record #70000732
Stoughton, Mary Fisk, House (also See Also: Cambridge MRA; Old Cambridge Historic District)
Henry Hobson Richardson designed the house in 1882 in what is now called the Shingle Style, with a minimum of ornament and shingles stretching over the building's irregular volumes like a skin. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #89001246
Brattle Hall
Brattle Hall is a historic building along Brattle Street near Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
40 Brattle St. · NPS record #82001925
Cambridge Common Historic District (Boundary Increase and Decrease) (also See Also:Cambridge Common Historic District; Cambridge Common)
The Cambridge Common Historic District is a historic district encompassing one of the oldest parts of Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Roughly NW of Waterhouse St. on Concord Ave. between Garden and Follen Sts. · NPS record #87000499
Cambridge Public Library
The Cambridge Public Library (CPL) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is a public library that consists of a unified city-wide system maintaining: a main branch, of notable aesthetic architectural value, plus a further six localized branches sited throughout the city. [Wikipedia]
449 Broadway St. · NPS record #82001931
City Hall Historic District
The City Hall Historic District is a historic district encompassing buildings important in the early growth of the Central Square area of Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Massachusetts Ave., Bigelow and Temple Sts, Inman and Richard Allen Dr. · NPS record #82001932
Cooper-Frost-Austin House
The Cooper–Frost–Austin House is a historic Colonial American house, built in 1681. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #72000124
Divinity Hall
Divinity Hall, built in 1826, is the oldest building in the Harvard Divinity School at Harvard University. [Wikipedia]
12 Divinity Ave. · NPS record #86002071
Dunvegan, The
The Dunvegan is an historic apartment building in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
1654 Massachusetts Ave. · NPS record #86001279
Fogg Art Museum
26--32 Quincy St. · NPS record #86001282
Follen Street Historic District
The Follen Street Historic District is a historic district in Cambridge, Massachusetts, just northwest of the Cambridge Common. [Wikipedia]
1--44 and 5--29 Follen St. · NPS record #86001681
Gray Gardens East and West Historic District
The Gray Gardens East and West Historic District is a historic district encompassing an early 20th century residential subdivision in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
1--37 Gray Gardens E, 3--24 Gray Gardens W, 91 Garden and 60 Raymond Sts. · NPS record #86001283
Harvard Houses Historic District
The Harvard Houses Historic District is a historic district encompassing seven of Harvard College's residential houses. [Wikipedia]
Roughly bounded by Mt. Auburn & Grant & Cowperwaite Sts., Banks St. & Putman Ave., the Memorial River, & Boyleston St. · NPS record #86002073
Harvard Square Historic District (Boundary Increase) (also See Also:Harvard Square Historic District; Cambridge MRA)
Harvard Square is a triangular plaza at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue, Brattle Street, and John F. Kennedy Street near the center of Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. [Wikipedia]
Roughly bounded by Harvard & Massachusetts Aves., Mt. Auburn, Winthrop, Bennett, Story & Church Sts. · NPS record #86003654
Harvard Street Historic District
The Harvard Street Historic District is a historic district on Harvard Street between Ellery and Hancock Streets in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Harvard St. Between Ellery and Hancock Sts. · NPS record #82001945
Howe House
The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built in 1887 for Lois Lillie (White) Howe, the mother of Lois Lilley Howe. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #83000811
Kirkland Place Historic District
The Kirkland Place Historic District is a historic district in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Kirkland Pl. · NPS record #86001683
Montrose, The
The Montrose is a historic multiunit residential building in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001311
New England Confectionery Company Factory (also NECCO Candy Factory)
The New England Confectionery Company Factory, also known as the NECCO Candy Factory, is a historic factory complex at 250 Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
250 Massachusetts Ave. · NPS record #05001209
Old Cambridge Baptist Church
The Old Cambridge Baptist Church is a historic American Baptist church at 400 Harvard Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
398 Harvard St. · NPS record #82001968
Old Cambridge Historic District (also See Also: Stoughton, Mary Fisk, House)
The Old Cambridge Historic District is a historic district encompassing a residential neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts that dates to colonial times. [Wikipedia]
Irregular pattern along Brattle St. · NPS record #83000821
Reversible Collar Company Building
The Reversible Collar Company Building is a historic factory building at 25–27 Mt. [Wikipedia]
25--27 Mt. Auburn & 10--12 Arrow Sts. · NPS record #85002663
Walden Street Cattle Pass
The Walden Street Cattle Pass, also referred to as the cow path, is a historic site adjacent to the MBTA Commuter Rail Fitchburg Line right-of-way, under the Walden Street Bridge in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Adjacent to MBTA right-of-way at Walden St. · NPS record #94000554
Ware Hall
Ware Hall is an historic residential apartment building at 383 Harvard Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
383 Harvard St. · NPS record #83000835
Warren, Langford H., House
It is a three-story structure, with a stuccoed exterior and a brick foundation. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001317
Abbot, Edwin, House (also Longy School of Music)
Built in 1889 to a design by Longfellow, Alden & Harlow, it is a prominent local example of residential Richardsonian Romanesque architecture. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #79000354
Aborn, John, House
The John Aborn House is an historic house in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #82001883
Alewife Brook Parkway
Alewife Brook Parkway is a short parkway in Cambridge and Somerville, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Alewife Brook Parkway · NPS record #04000249
Almshouse
The Almshouse is a historic almshouse located at 45 Matignon Road in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
41 Orchard St. · NPS record #82001908
American Net and Twine Company Factory
The American Net and Twine Company Factory is a historic factory at 155 2nd Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
155 2nd St. · NPS record #82001906
Ash Street Historic District
The Ash Street Historic District Cambridge, Massachusetts is a residential historic district on Ash Street and Ash Street Place between Brattle and Mount Auburn Streets in Cambridge, Massachusetts, off Brattle Street just west of Harvard Square. [Wikipedia]
Ash St. and Ash St. Place between Brattle and Mount Auburn Sts. · NPS record #82001916
Athenaeum Press (also Cuneo Press)
Athenæum Press is an historic building located at 215 First Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
215 1st St. · NPS record #82001917
Atwood, Ephraim, House
Built in 1839, it is a significant local example of transitional Greek Revival/Gothic Revival architecture, and one of the earliest houses built after the subdivision of Dana Hill. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #83000781
Austin Hall
Austin Hall is a classroom building of the Harvard Law School designed by noted American architect H. H. Richardson. [Wikipedia]
Harvard University campus · NPS record #72000128
Avon Hill Historic District
The Avon Hill Historic District is a residential historic district near Porter Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Washington and Walnut Aves. and Agassiz, Humboldt, Arlington and Lancaster Sts. · NPS record #83000782
B and B Chemical Company
The B B Chemical Company is an historic office and industrial building at 784 Memorial Drive in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
780 Memorial Dr. · NPS record #82001918
Barnes, James B., House
Built in 1824 and moved to its present location in 1984, it is one of the only brick Federal-style houses left in Cambridge, and is a rare survivor of the early period of development in East Cambridge. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #82001919
Beck-Warren House (also Warren House)
The Beck-Warren House, also known as the Warren House, is a historic house located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #96000520
Bennink-Douglas Cottages
The Bennink-Douglas Cottages are a collection of four historic worker duplexes in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
35--51 Walker St. · NPS record #86001272
Berkeley Street Historic District (also See Also:Berkeley Street Historic District (Boundary Increas)
The Berkeley Street Historic District is a historic district on Berkeley Street and Berkeley Place in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Berkeley St. · NPS record #82001920
Berkeley Street Historic District (Boundary Increase) (also See Also:Berkeley Street Historic District)
1--8 Berkeley Pl. · NPS record #86001265
Bertram Hall at Radcliffe College
Bertram Hall at Radcliffe College is an historic dormitory building on the Radcliffe Quadrangle of Harvard University at 53 Shepard Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
53 Shepard St. · NPS record #86001270
Beth Israel Synagogue
Beth Israel Synagogue is a historic former Jewish synagogue building at 238 Columbia Street in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in the United States. [Wikipedia]
238 Columbia St. · NPS record #82001921
Bigelow Street Historic District
The Bigelow Street Historic District encompasses a uniform collection of 19th century houses on most of the length of Bigelow Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts, just northwest of Central Square. [Wikipedia]
Bigelow St. · NPS record #82001922
Billings, Frederick, House
The Frederick Billings House is an historic house in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #82001923
Blake and Knowles Steam Pump Company National Register District
The Blake and Knowles Steam Pump Company National Register District encompasses the historical industrial complex of the Blake and Knowles Steam Pump Company and its successor, the Worthington Pump and Machinery Corporation in East Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Bounded by Third, Binney, Fifth, and Rogers Sts. · NPS record #97000561
Bottle House Block
The Bottle House Block is a brick rowhouse in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #82001924
Brabrook, E. H., House
The E. H. Brabrook House is an historic duplex house in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001276
Bradbury, William F., House
The three-story brick Second Empire house was built in 1877 by William F. Bradbury, head master of the Cambridge Latin School. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #83000784
Brattle, William, House
The William Brattle House is an historic house in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #73000286
Brooks, Luther, House
Town-level location only · NPS record #86002068
Building at 10 Follen Street
The three-story wood-frame house was designed by Peabody & Stearns and built in 1875. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #82001926
Building at 102-104 Inman Street
102–104 Inman Street is a historic house located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
102-104 Inman St. · NPS record #83000790
Building at 104-106 Hancock Street
Built in 1839, it is a significant local example of transitional Greek Revival/Gothic Revival architecture, and one of the earliest houses built after the subdivision of Dana Hill. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #83000789
Building at 106-108 Inman St
The Building at 106–108 Inman Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts is one of a series of well-preserved Greek Revival duplexes on Inman Street. [Wikipedia]
106-108 Inman St. · NPS record #82001927
Building at 1707-1709 Cambridge Street
Built in 1845, it is one of two identical surviving rental properties built by a local developer (out of four originally built). [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #83000787
Building at 1715-1717 Cambridge Street
Built in 1845, it is one of two identical surviving rental properties built by a local developer (out of four originally built). [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #83000788
Building at 259 Mount Auburn Street
Town-level location only · NPS record #83000786
Building at 42 Edward J. Lopez Avenue
The two story wood-frame building has a hip roof and very simple styling. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #82001928
Buildings at 110-112 Inman St.
The Buildings at 110i112 Inman Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts are part of a series of well-preserved Greek Revival duplexes on Inman Street. [Wikipedia]
110-112 Inman St. · NPS record #82001929
Buildings at 15-17 Lee St.
The buildings at 15–17 Lee Street are a historic double house in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
15-17 Lee St. · NPS record #82001930
Cambidge Common Historic District Amendment (also See Also:Cambridge Common Historic District)
Massachusetts Ave. and Garden, Waterhouse, Cambridge, and Peabody Sts. · NPS record #83004293
Cambridge Common Historic District (also See Also:Christ Church; Old Harvard Yard)
Garden, Waterhouse, Cambridge, and Peabody Sts., and Massachusetts Ave. · NPS record #73000281
Cambridge Home for the Aged and Infirm (also Neville Manor; Neville Place)
Built in 1928 by the city, it is one of the oldest surviving municipal facilities for the housing of elderly and incurably ill patients, rather than indigents. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #02001189
Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
The Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is the only building designed primarily by Le Corbusier in the United States—he contributed to the design of the United Nations Secretariat Building—and one of only two in the Americas (the other being the Curutchet House in La Plata, Argentina). [Wikipedia]
19 Prescott St. · NPS record #78000435
Central Square Historic District (also See Also:City Hall Historic District; Odd Fellows Hall)
Roughly Massachusetts Ave. from Clinton St. to Main St. · NPS record #90000128
Central Square Historic District (Boundary Increase) (also Brusch Medical Center/Lombardy Building; Cambridge City Hall Annex)
Roughly 831 to 351-355 Massachusetts Ave. · NPS record #12000404
Charles River Basin Historic District
Charles River Reservation is a 17-mile-long (27 km) urban preserve and public recreation area located along the banks of the Charles River in Boston, Cambridge, Watertown, and Newton, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Both banks of Charles River from Eliot Bridge to Charles River Dam · NPS record #78000436
Child, Francis J., House
It is a two-story wood-frame structure, with a mansard roof, wooden clapboard siding, and a porch extending across the main facade. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #83000791
Church of the New Jerusalem
The Church of the New Jerusalem (also known as Swedenborg Chapel) is a historic Swedenborgian church at 50 Quincy Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, near Harvard University. [Wikipedia]
50 Quincy St. · NPS record #83000792
Cloverden (also Man House)
It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, five bays wide, with a side-gable roof, two asymmetrically placed chimneys, and clapboard siding. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #83000793
Colburn, Sarah Foster, House
Built in 1846, the 1+1⁄2-story wood-frame house is the best example of Gothic Revival architecture in the city. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #82004968
Conventual Church of St. Mary and St. John
The Conventual Church of St. [Wikipedia]
980 Memorial Dr. · NPS record #82001933
Cook, William, House
The 2+1⁄2-story brick house was built in 1877, and is distinctive as a transitional Stick style/Queen Anne building executed using a rare construction material (brick) for a residence in Cambridge. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #82001934
Coolidge, Josiah, House
Located on a drumlin overlooking the Charles River, this architecturally eclectic house was built in the 1820s, and was the farmhouse of the last working farm in the city. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #83000795
Craigie Arms
Craigie Arms is a historic apartment house in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
2--6 University Rd., 122 Mt. Auburn, and 6 Bennett Sts. · NPS record #86001575
Dana-Palmer House
The Dana-Palmer House (also known as Dana-Peabody House) is an historic house in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001682
Day, Anna, House
The Anna Day House is an historic house in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #82001935
DeRosay-McNamee House
It is a 2+1⁄2-story brick house, with a dormered hip roof and limestone trim. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #90000142
Deane-Williams House
The Deane-Williams House is a historic house in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #82001936
Dodge, Edward, House
The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built in 1878 to a design by Longfellow and Clark. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #82001937
East Cambridge Historic District
The East Cambridge Historic District encompasses the historic center of East Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Roughly bounded by Cambridge, Hurley and 5th Sts. · NPS record #83000797
East Cambridge Savings Bank
East Cambridge Savings Bank is a mutual savings bank in Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
292 Cambridge St. · NPS record #82001938
Eliot Hall at Radcliffe College
Grace Hopkinson Eliot Hall, often called Eliot Hall, is a historic dormitory building on the Radcliffe Quadrangle of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
51 Shepard St. · NPS record #86001280
Ellis, Asa, House
Town-level location only · NPS record #83000798
Farwell, R.H., House
Town-level location only · NPS record #82001939
Fay, Issac, House
Town-level location only · NPS record #83000799
First Baptist Church
The First Baptist Church is a historic American Baptist church at Magazine and River Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts within Central Square. [Wikipedia]
Magazine and River Sts. · NPS record #75000249
Flentje, Ernst, House
This three story wood frame apartment house exhibits the adaptive reuse of buildings. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #83000800
Fort Washington
Fort Washington, also known as Fort Washington Park, is a historic site at 95 Waverly Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
95 Waverly St. · NPS record #73000284
Fresh Pond Hotel
The Fresh Pond Hotel is an historic former hotel at 234 Lakeview Avenue in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. [Wikipedia]
234 Lakeview Ave. · NPS record #82001940
Fresh Pond Parkway-Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston
Fresh Pond Parkway is a historic park and parkway on the western end of Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Fresh Pond Parkway · NPS record #04001429
Frost, David, House
It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house, five bays wide, with twin interior chimneys and a typical Federal period center-hall plan. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #83000801
Frost, Elizabeth, Tenanthouse
The Elizabeth Frost Tenanthouse is an historic house at 35 Bowdoin Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
35 Bowdoin St. · NPS record #83000802
Frost, Robert, House
The Robert Frost House is an historic house in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #82001941
Frost, Walter, House
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #82001942
Gale, George, House
The George Gale House is a historic double house in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #87002543
Garfield Street Historic District
The Garfield Street Historic District is a historic district on Garfield Street between Massachusetts Ave. and Oxford Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Garfield St. between Massachusetts Ave. and Oxford St. · NPS record #83000803
George Close Company Building
The George Close Company Building is a historic industrial building at 243 Broadway in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
243 Broadway · NPS record #100003472
Greek Revival Cottage
This modest 1.5-story Greek Revival cottage is one of the finest of its type in northwestern Cambridge. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #82001943
Hall Tavern
Hall Tavern is an historic tavern at 20 Gray Gardens West Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
20 Gray Gardens West St. · NPS record #83000806
Hapgood, Richard, House
The six-unit wood-frame building was built in 1889, and represents an unusual instance of Queen Anne styling applied to such a large structure. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001284
Harvard Lampoon Building (also The Lampoon Castle)
The Harvard Lampoon Building (sometimes referred to as the Lampoon Castle) is a historic building in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which is best known as the home of The Harvard Lampoon, and for its unusual design. [Wikipedia]
44 Bow St. · NPS record #78000440
Harvard Square Historic District (also See Also:Harvard Square Subway Kiosk; Harvard Square Historic)
Massachusetts Ave., Boylston and Brattle Sts. · NPS record #82001944
Harvard Square Subway Kiosk
The Harvard Square Subway Kiosk is a historic kiosk and landmark located in Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Massachusetts Ave. and Boylston St. · NPS record #78000441
Harvard Union
Harvard Union, now known as the Barker Center and once known as the Freshman Union, is a historic building on Quincy and Harvard Streets in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Quincy and Harvard Sts. · NPS record #87000500
Harvard Yard Historic District (also See Also:Masssachusetts Hall; Sever Hall)
Roughly bounded by underpass, Broadway & Quincy Sts., Massachusetts Ave., & Peabody St. · NPS record #87002137
Hastings Square Historic District
The Hastings Square Historic District is a historic district that encompasses Hastings Square, a small city park in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the residential properties that abut it. [Wikipedia]
Roughly bounded by Rockingham, Henry, Chestnut and Brookline Sts. · NPS record #82001946
Hasty Pudding Club
The Hasty Pudding Club, often referred to simply as the Pudding, is a social club at Harvard University, and one of three sub-organizations that comprise the Hasty Pudding - Institute of 1770. [Wikipedia]
12 Holyoke St. · NPS record #78000442
Henderson Carriage Repository
The Henderson Carriage Repository is a historic building at 2067-2089 Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
2067-2089 Massachusetts Ave. · NPS record #82001947
Higginson, Col. Thomas Wentworth, House
The Col. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #82001948
Hill, Aaron, House
It was built c. 1754, and was originally a two-story structure with a steeply pitched roof. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #83000807
Holmes, Joseph, House
The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built in 1801 by John Holmes, father of Joseph Holmes. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #83000808
Homer-Lovell House
The two story wood-frame house was built in two sections: the main block, a fine Second Empire house, was built in 1867, when the Porter Square area was growing as a residential area because of its train station. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #83004030
Hooper-Eliot House
The Hooper-Eliot House is an historic house in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #83000809
Hooper-Lee Nichols House
The Hooper–Lee–Nichols House is an historic Colonial American house in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #79000355
Howells, William Dean, House
The William Dean Howells House is a house built and occupied by American author William Dean Howells and family. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #82001949
Hoyt, Benjamin, House
Town-level location only · NPS record #82001953
Hubbard Park Historic District
The Hubbard Park Historic District encompasses a residential development and park west of Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Hubbard Park, Mercer Circle and Sparks Sts. · NPS record #82001950
Inman Square Historic District
Inman Square is a neighborhood and historic district in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Hampshire, Cambridge, and Inman Sts. · NPS record #82001951
Jarvis, The
The Jarvis is a historic apartment building at 27 Everett Street, on the north side of the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
27 Everett St. · NPS record #86001308
John Winthrop Chambers, The (also Brooks Apartments)
The John Winthrop Chambers, also known historically as the Brooks Apartments, is a historic apartment house at 78-80 Porter Road in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
78-80 Porter Rd. · NPS record #100009286
Jones, William R., House
It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house, whose Second Empire styling includes a flared mansard roof and flushboarded siding scored to resemble ashlar stone. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #83000813
Kennedy, F. A., Steam Bakery (also Kennedy Steam Cracker Bakery; Kennedy Biscuit Factory)
The F. A. Kennedy Steam Bakery is a historic bakery at 129 Franklin Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that first produced the Fig Newton in 1891. [Wikipedia]
129 Franklin St. · NPS record #89002285
Kidder-Sargent-McCrehan House
The Kidder–Sargent–McCrehan House, also known as the Kidder–Sargent House, is an historic house in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #82001952
Kingsley, Chester, House
The Chester Kingsley House is an historic house in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #82001954
Lamson, Rufus, House
Rufus Lamson House is a historic house in Cambridge, Massachusetts, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982, a few blocks from the Lamson Place. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #82001955
Larches, The
It was moved to its present location in 1915, at which time it underwent renovations and alterations designed by Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow Jr. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #82001956
Lechmere Point Corporation Houses
The Lechmere Point Corporation Houses is a historic apartment rowhouse at 45–51 Gore St. and 25 3rd Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
45-51 Gore St. and 25 3rd St. · NPS record #82001957
Littlefield-Roberts House
The Littlefield-Roberts House is a historic house located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86002070
Lovell Block
The Lovell Block is an historic residential and commercial building at 1853 Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
1853 Massachusetts Ave. · NPS record #83000814
Lovering, Joseph, House
Town-level location only · NPS record #86002076
Lowell School
The Lowell School is an historic school building located at 25 Lowell Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
25 Lowell St. · NPS record #82001958
Lowell, The
The Lowell is an historic triple decker apartment house on 33 Lexington Avenue in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
33 Lexington Ave. · NPS record #83000815
Maple Avenue Historic District
The Maple Avenue Historic District is a residential historic district on Maple Avenue between Marie Avenue and Broadway in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. [Wikipedia]
Maple Ave. between Marie Ave. and Broadway · NPS record #83000816
Mason, Josiah, Jr., House
The Josiah Mason Jr. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #82001959
Mason, W. A., House
The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built in 1846 and extended to the rear in 1867, giving it a T shape. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #83000817
McLean, Isaac, House
The house was built in 1894 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #82001960
Mead, Alpheus, House
Town-level location only · NPS record #82001961
Melvin, Isaac, House
This 2+1⁄2-story Greek Revival-Italianate house was built in 1842 by Oliver Wood and Isaac Melvin as the latter's home. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #82001962
Memorial Drive Apartments Historic District
All provide good views of the Charles River. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001310
Mount Auburn Cemetery Reception House
The 1870 Mount Auburn Cemetery Reception House is an historic building that originally served as the reception house of Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #83000818
Newman, Andrew, House
The Andrew Newman House is a historic house in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #82001963
Norfolk Street Historic District
The Norfolk Street Historic District is a historic district at Norfolk Street between Suffolk and Bishop Allen Streets in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Norfolk St. between Suffolk and Austin Sts. · NPS record #82001964
North Avenue Congregational Church
North Avenue Congregational Church (now known as John and Carol Moriarty Library, and previously as Old Cambridge Baptist Church and North Prospect Congregational Church and Prospect Hall) is a historic church meetinghouse at 1801 (previously at 1803) Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
183 Massachusetts Ave. · NPS record #83000819
Noyes, J.A., House
It is a three-story wood-frame structure, five bays wide with a gambrel roof and clapboard siding. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #82001965
Odd Fellows Hall
The former Odd Fellows Hall, located at 536 Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the United States, is a historic building built in 1884 by members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. [Wikipedia]
536 Massachusetts Ave. · NPS record #82001967
Old Cambridgport Historic District
The Old Cambridgeport Historic District is a historic district along Cherry, Harvard and Washington Streets in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Cherry, Harvard and Washington Sts. · NPS record #83000820
Old Harvard Yard (also see also:Cambridge Common Historic District; Massachusetts)
Harvard Yard is the oldest and among the most prominent parts of the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Massachusetts Ave. and Cambridge St. · NPS record #73000287
Opposition House
Opposition House is a historic double house in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #82001969
Orne, Sarah, House
The oldest portion of this house was built in 1807 by John Orne, and originally functioned as a store. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #83000822
Peabody Court Apartments
The four story Colonial Revival brick building was built in 1922 and designed by architect Hamilton Harlow. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001312
Porcellian Club
1320-24 Massachusetts Ave. · NPS record #83000824
Pratt, Dexter, House (also The Window Shop)
The Dexter Pratt House is a historic house in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #73000288
Prospect Congregational Church
Christ The King Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) church, founded in 1995. [Wikipedia]
99 Prospect St. · NPS record #82001970
Read, Cheney, House
It has four full-height Doric columns, with a gable end that is steeper than the usual Greek Revival style. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #82001971
Reardon, Edmund, House
The Edmund Reardon House is a historic house in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #82001972
River Street Firehouse
River Street Firehouse is an historic firehouse at 176 River Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
176 River St. · NPS record #82001973
Sacred Heart Church, Rectory, School and Convent
The Sacred Heart Church, Rectory, School and Convent make up a historic Roman Catholic church complex in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
6th and Thorndike Sts. · NPS record #82001974
Salem-Auburn Streets Historic District
The Salem–Auburn Streets Historic District is a residential historic district at Salem and Auburn Streets in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Salem and Auburn Sts. · NPS record #82001975
Sands, Hiram, House
The Hiram Sands House is an historic house in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #76000238
Sands, Ivory, House
The Ivory Sands House is a historic house in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #82001976
Saunders, William, House
It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, three bays wide, with a front-facing gable roof. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #83000825
Sears Tower-Harvard Observatory
The Sears Tower–Harvard Observatory is a historic astronomical observatory that is part of Harvard Observatory and is located at 60 Garden Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
60 Garden St. · NPS record #86002075
Second Cambridge Savings Bank Building
The Second Cambridge Savings Bank Building is an historic bank building at 11–21 Dunster Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
11-21 Dunster St. · NPS record #83000826
Second Waterhouse House
It was built by Benjamin Waterhouse, and is one of the earliest houses built on the street. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #83000827
Shady Hill Historic District
The Shady Hill Historic District is a historic district roughly bounded by Museum, Beacon and Holden, and Kirkland Streets, and Francis Avenue in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Roughly bounded by Museum, Beacon and Holden, and Kirkland Sts., and Francis Ave. · NPS record #86001680
Shell Oil Company "Spectacular" Sign (also Shell Sign (preferred))
The Shell Oil Company "Spectacular" Sign is a historic advertising sign by the Shell USA (the US-based subsidiary of Shell plc) located at 187 Magazine Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
187 Magazine St. · NPS record #94000546
Slowey, Patrick, House
The Patrick Slowey House is a historic house in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #82001977
Soule, Lawrence, House
It is a 2+1⁄2-story brick building, with asymmetrical massing typical of the Queen Anne period. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #82001978
St. James Episcopal Church
St. [Wikipedia]
1991 Massachusetts Ave. · NPS record #83000828
St. John's Roman Catholic Church
St. [Wikipedia]
2270 Massachusetts Ave. · NPS record #83000829
Stanstead, The
The Stanstead is a historic apartment building located at 19 Ware Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
19 Ware St. · NPS record #86001313
Stickney-Shepard House
The 1+1⁄2-story Greek Revival double house was built 1846-47 by N. Stickney and S. P. Shepard, and is a well-preserved example of the form. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001315
Taylor Square Firehouse
The Taylor Square Firehouse is an historic fire station at 113 Garden Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
113 Garden St. · NPS record #82001979
Treadwell-Sparks House
Built in 1838, it is a good local example of Greek Revival architecture, further notable as the home of historian Jared Sparks. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86002078
US Post Office-Central Square (also Central Square Post Office; Cambridge "Branch A" Post Office)
The Clifton Merriman Post Office Building, also known as the U.S. Post Office-Central Square, is an historic post office at 770 Massachusetts Avenue within Central Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
770 Massachusetts Ave. · NPS record #86001343
Union Railway Car Barn
The Union Railway Car Barn is an historic building in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
613-621 Cambridge St. · NPS record #82001980
University Museum (also Peabody Museum; Museum of Comparative Zoology)
The University Museum is a historic building that houses several museums belonging to Harvard University. [Wikipedia]
11--25 Divinity Ave. · NPS record #86002081
Upper Magazine Street Historic District
The Upper Magazine Street Historic District is a historic district encompassing a well-preserved stretch of mid-19th century housing in the Cambridgeport neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Cottage, Magazine, William and Perry Sts. · NPS record #82001981
Urban Rowhouse
The rowhouse was constructed in a Second Empire/Mansard style in 1875, and is a contrasting example to the rowhouse on the adjacent block to providing further construction density in an urban setting. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #82001982
Urban Rowhouse
The Urban Rowhouse is a historic rowhouse located at 30–38 Pearl Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
30-38 Pearl St. · NPS record #82001983
Urban Rowhouse
The Urban Rowhouse is an historic residential rowhouse located at 26–32 River Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
26-32 River St. · NPS record #83000831
Valentine Soap Workers Cottage
Town-level location only · NPS record #83000832
Valentine Soap Workers Cottage
The Valentine Soap Workers Cottages are a pair of adjacent historic houses in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #83000833
Vinal, Albert, House
Town-level location only · NPS record #83000834
Watson, Abraham, House
The Abraham Watson House is a historic house in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #82001984
Willis, Stillman, House
The Stillman Willis House is an historic house in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #82001985
Winter Street Historic District
The Winter Street Historic District is a historic district on Winter Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Winter St. · NPS record #82001986
Withey, S. B., House
It is a 3+1⁄2-story wood-frame Greek Revival house, three bays wide, with a front-facing gable roof and clapboard siding. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001318
Wood, J. A., House
The large 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame Colonial Revival house was built in 1888 for James Wood, a lumber dealer. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #86001319
Wyeth Brickyard Superintendent's House
The Wyeth Brickyard Superintendent's House is a historic house in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #82001987
Wyeth, John, House
The John Wyeth House is a historic house in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #82001988
Wyeth-Smith House
The Wyeth-Smith House is an historic house in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #82001989
cummings, e.e., House
The house was the childhood home of author and poet E. E. Cummings. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #83000796
Other towns in Middlesex County
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