Flagstaff Park, Massachusetts Avenue & Kirkland Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA
Summary
Significance: Flagstaff Park, originally part of the Cambridge Common, was landscaped at the time of subway construction in 1909-1913. It contains a flagstaff base designed by prominent architects Peabody and Stearns, and a statue of Charles Sumner by Anne Whitney, one of the first successful female American sculptors. The park is central to the traffic pattern of Harvard Square, and introduced an element of Beaux-Arts formalism into the common area.
Survey number: HABS MA-999
Building/structure dates: 1913 Initial Construction
Tags
Date
1913 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Peabody & Stearns
Whitney, Anne
Location
Cambridge, 42.37702, -71.11234
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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