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22 Appian Way (House), Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

22 Appian Way (House), Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Survey number: HABS MA-782 Public domain photograph of a house, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Riverbank Court, 305 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Riverbank Court, 305 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Significance: The structure is the earliest, largest, and most ornate court-type apartment house in Cambridge, local trendsetter both in its layout and in its neo-Tudor style. Survey number: HABS MA-1031 Buil... More

Flagstaff Park, Massachusetts Avenue & Kirkland Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Flagstaff Park, Massachusetts Avenue & Kirkland Street, Cambridge, Mid...

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 ... More

Mrs. David Greenough House, 42 Quincy Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Mrs. David Greenough House, 42 Quincy Street, Cambridge, Middlesex Cou...

Significance: This dwelling was the earliest known house designed by Henry Greenough. It was built by him for his mother, Mrs. David Greenough, and was Italianate in style. Survey number: HABS MA-1020 Buildi... More

General William Brattle House, 42 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

General William Brattle House, 42 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Middlesex...

Significance: Built in ca. 1730 for Cambridge lawyer and politician William Brattle, the house is popularly known for its owner's British sympathies rather than for its architectural significance. In Cambridge... More

Sara Coburn House, 7 Dana Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Sara Coburn House, 7 Dana Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Significance: An unusual combination of Gothic Revival and Greek Revival stylistic elements. Survey number: HABS MA-871

Thomas Wentworth Higginson House, 29 Buckingham Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Thomas Wentworth Higginson House, 29 Buckingham Street, Cambridge, Mid...

Significance: Thomas Wentworth Higginson, who was born in Cambridge at 7 Kirkland Street, lived in this modest, shingled, Queen Anne House. He was an abolitionist. Survey number: HABS MA-1023 Building/struct... More

Benjamin Conklin House, 302 East Main Street, Cambridge City, Wayne County, IN

Benjamin Conklin House, 302 East Main Street, Cambridge City, Wayne Co...

Significance: This handsome Greek Revival house was built in 1839-40. It has a particularly fine recessed entrance surmounted by a balcony, and a distinctive roof, hipped on the west side and stepped gable to t... More

Benjamin Conklin House, 302 East Main Street, Cambridge City, Wayne County, IN

Benjamin Conklin House, 302 East Main Street, Cambridge City, Wayne Co...

Significance: This handsome Greek Revival house was built in 1839-40. It has a particularly fine recessed entrance surmounted by a balcony, and a distinctive roof, hipped on the west side and stepped gable to t... More

Francis Batchelder House, 467 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Francis Batchelder House, 467 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, Middlesex C...

Significance: An interesting Federal-style house of modest size and detailing. Center hall plan is unusual for date and location. Survey number: HABS MA-884

Edwin H. Abbot House, 1 Follen Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Edwin H. Abbot House, 1 Follen Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Significance: The Edwin H. Abbot House is Cambridge's most substantial dwelling, unusual in being built of stone. It is a typical mansion of the Richardsonian period, and is well preserved and serving an appro... More

Edwin H. Abbot House, 1 Follen Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Edwin H. Abbot House, 1 Follen Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Significance: The Edwin H. Abbot House is Cambridge's most substantial dwelling, unusual in being built of stone. It is a typical mansion of the Richardsonian period, and is well preserved and serving an appro... More

Norton-Johnson-Burleigh House, 85 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Norton-Johnson-Burleigh House, 85 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Middlesex...

Significance: Based on a design in Chester Hill's, The Builder's Guide (1847), this fine Tudor Revival cottage reflects the impact of pattern books upon 19th century architectural design. Survey number: HABS MA-886

Norton-Johnson-Burleigh House, 85 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Norton-Johnson-Burleigh House, 85 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Middlesex...

Significance: Based on a design in Chester Hill's, The Builder's Guide (1847), this fine Tudor Revival cottage reflects the impact of pattern books upon 19th century architectural design. Survey number: HABS MA-886

Stephen Higginson Jr. House, 7 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Stephen Higginson Jr. House, 7 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, Middlesex C...

Survey number: HABS MA-840 Public domain photograph of a house, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Stephen Higginson Jr. House, 7 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Stephen Higginson Jr. House, 7 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, Middlesex C...

Survey number: HABS MA-840 Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Middlesex County Superior Court Building, Third, Otis & Thorndike Streets, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Middlesex County Superior Court Building, Third, Otis & Thorndike Stre...

Significance: The Middlesex County Superior Court Building is the oldest public building in Cambridge. The present structure, built 1848, incorporated an older structure built 1814. Noted architects were invo... More

Harvard College, Holden Chapel, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Harvard College, Holden Chapel, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, Middlesex Cou...

Survey number: HABS MA-2-1 Building/structure dates: 1744 Initial Construction

Charles Saunders House, 1627 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Charles Saunders House, 1627 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Middlese...

Significance: A fine example of the blending of Italianate and Second Empire elements, a combination which was widely used in Cambridge during the mid 19th century. Survey number: HABS MA-870

Moses Bates House, 69 Thorndike Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Moses Bates House, 69 Thorndike Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, M...

Significance: Interesting example of a modest Greek Revival urban dwelling. Survey number: HABS MA-876

Henry W. Longfellow Place, 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Henry W. Longfellow Place, 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Middlesex Co...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-27 Survey number: HABS MA-169 Building/structure dates: 1759 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1793 Subsequent Work Building/struct... More

Henry W. Longfellow Place, 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Henry W. Longfellow Place, 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Middlesex Co...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-27 Survey number: HABS MA-169 Building/structure dates: 1759 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1793 Subsequent Work Building/struct... More

Henry W. Longfellow Place, 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Henry W. Longfellow Place, 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Middlesex Co...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-27 Survey number: HABS MA-169 Building/structure dates: 1759 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1793 Subsequent Work Building/struct... More

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Main Gate, 580 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Main Gate, 580 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, ...

Significance: A monument to the causes and victory of the Civil War, the inscription reads, "American Union Preserved, African slavery destroyed by the uprising of a great people by the blood of fallen heroes. ... More

Parkman Market, Cambridge & North Grove Streets, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Parkman Market, Cambridge & North Grove Streets, Boston, Suffolk Count...

Survey number: HABS MA-2-47 Building/structure dates: 1810 Initial Construction

Edward S. Dodge House, 70 Sparks Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Edward S. Dodge House, 70 Sparks Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, ...

Significance: A text-book example of domestic American Queen Anne style, romantically nestled in a hollow. Survey number: HABS MA-1015 Building/structure dates: 1878 Initial Construction Building/structure d... More

1667 Cambridge Street (Apartment House), Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

1667 Cambridge Street (Apartment House), Cambridge, Middlesex County, ...

Significance: A rather elegant "triple decker." Survey number: HABS MA-879

The Dunster, Dunster Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

The Dunster, Dunster Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Significance: Built as a privately owned student dormitory for New Yorker John Albro Little. Acquired by Harvard University at Little's death in 1918, and renamed Dudley Hall in 1930. A particularly fine illu... More

Riverbank Court, 305 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Riverbank Court, 305 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Significance: The structure is the earliest, largest, and most ornate court-type apartment house in Cambridge, local trendsetter both in its layout and in its neo-Tudor style. Survey number: HABS MA-1031 Buil... More

General William Brattle House, 42 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

General William Brattle House, 42 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Middlesex...

Significance: Built in ca. 1730 for Cambridge lawyer and politician William Brattle, the house is popularly known for its owner's British sympathies rather than for its architectural significance. In Cambridge... More

Sara Coburn House, 7 Dana Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Sara Coburn House, 7 Dana Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Significance: An unusual combination of Gothic Revival and Greek Revival stylistic elements. Survey number: HABS MA-871

Ezra Deane House, 21-23 Fayette Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Ezra Deane House, 21-23 Fayette Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, M...

Significance: Fine example of Italianate dwelling design. Survey number: HABS MA-864

Benjamin Conklin House, 302 East Main Street, Cambridge City, Wayne County, IN

Benjamin Conklin House, 302 East Main Street, Cambridge City, Wayne Co...

Significance: This handsome Greek Revival house was built in 1839-40. It has a particularly fine recessed entrance surmounted by a balcony, and a distinctive roof, hipped on the west side and stepped gable to t... More

Benjamin Conklin House, 302 East Main Street, Cambridge City, Wayne County, IN

Benjamin Conklin House, 302 East Main Street, Cambridge City, Wayne Co...

Significance: This handsome Greek Revival house was built in 1839-40. It has a particularly fine recessed entrance surmounted by a balcony, and a distinctive roof, hipped on the west side and stepped gable to t... More

Edwin H. Abbot House, 1 Follen Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Edwin H. Abbot House, 1 Follen Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Significance: The Edwin H. Abbot House is Cambridge's most substantial dwelling, unusual in being built of stone. It is a typical mansion of the Richardsonian period, and is well preserved and serving an appro... More

Edwin H. Abbot House, 1 Follen Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Edwin H. Abbot House, 1 Follen Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Significance: The Edwin H. Abbot House is Cambridge's most substantial dwelling, unusual in being built of stone. It is a typical mansion of the Richardsonian period, and is well preserved and serving an appro... More

Edwin H. Abbot House, 1 Follen Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Edwin H. Abbot House, 1 Follen Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Significance: The Edwin H. Abbot House is Cambridge's most substantial dwelling, unusual in being built of stone. It is a typical mansion of the Richardsonian period, and is well preserved and serving an appro... More

Edwin H. Abbot House, 1 Follen Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Edwin H. Abbot House, 1 Follen Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Significance: The Edwin H. Abbot House is Cambridge's most substantial dwelling, unusual in being built of stone. It is a typical mansion of the Richardsonian period, and is well preserved and serving an appro... More

Christ Church, Garden Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Christ Church, Garden Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Survey number: HABS MA-2-3 Building/structure dates: 1761 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000140

Norton-Johnson-Burleigh House, 85 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Norton-Johnson-Burleigh House, 85 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Middlesex...

Significance: Based on a design in Chester Hill's, The Builder's Guide (1847), this fine Tudor Revival cottage reflects the impact of pattern books upon 19th century architectural design. Survey number: HABS MA-886

Middlesex County Superior Court Building, Third, Otis & Thorndike Streets, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Middlesex County Superior Court Building, Third, Otis & Thorndike Stre...

Significance: The Middlesex County Superior Court Building is the oldest public building in Cambridge. The present structure, built 1848, incorporated an older structure built 1814. Noted architects were invo... More

Welch-Ross House, 24 Craigie Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Welch-Ross House, 24 Craigie Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Significance: This house is Cambridge's best example of the French Second Empire mansard style and is imposingly sited on an important corner lot. Survey number: HABS MA-1035 Building/structure dates: 1868 In... More

Charles Saunders House, 1627 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Charles Saunders House, 1627 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Middlese...

Significance: A fine example of the blending of Italianate and Second Empire elements, a combination which was widely used in Cambridge during the mid 19th century. Survey number: HABS MA-870

Henry W. Longfellow Place, 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Henry W. Longfellow Place, 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Middlesex Co...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-27 Survey number: HABS MA-169 Building/structure dates: 1759 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1793 Subsequent Work Building/struct... More

Henry W. Longfellow Place, 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Henry W. Longfellow Place, 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Middlesex Co...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-27 Survey number: HABS MA-169 Building/structure dates: 1759 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1793 Subsequent Work Building/struct... More

Henry W. Longfellow Place, 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Henry W. Longfellow Place, 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Middlesex Co...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-27 Survey number: HABS MA-169 Building/structure dates: 1759 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1793 Subsequent Work Building/struct... More

Henry W. Longfellow Place, 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Henry W. Longfellow Place, 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Middlesex Co...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-27 Survey number: HABS MA-169 Building/structure dates: 1759 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1793 Subsequent Work Building/struct... More

Jeffersonville Bridge, Spanning Lamoille River on Vermont Route 15, Cambridge, Lamoille County, VT

Jeffersonville Bridge, Spanning Lamoille River on Vermont Route 15, Ca...

Significance: The bridge is significant as a representative example of the bridges built following the flood of 1927, in which over 1250 of Vermont's bridges were destroyed. The flood was a major episode in Ve... More

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Main Gate, 580 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Main Gate, 580 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, ...

Significance: A monument to the causes and victory of the Civil War, the inscription reads, "American Union Preserved, African slavery destroyed by the uprising of a great people by the blood of fallen heroes. ... More

West Church, 131 Cambridge Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

West Church, 131 Cambridge Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-95 Survey number: HABS MA-279 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000691

West Church, 131 Cambridge Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

West Church, 131 Cambridge Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-95 Survey number: HABS MA-279 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000691

Maria Baldwin House, 196 Prospect Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Maria Baldwin House, 196 Prospect Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County,...

Significance: Maria Louise Baldwin, one of the most distinguished black educators of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, lived here from 1892-1922. Survey number: HABS MA-1086 Building/structur... More

Garden House, 88 Garden Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Garden House, 88 Garden Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Significance: The Garden House is the earliest known work by architect Ithiel Town. It was long the home of botanist Asa Gray and is a National Historic Landmark. Survey number: HABS MA-1019

Garden House, 88 Garden Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Garden House, 88 Garden Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Significance: The Garden House is the earliest known work by architect Ithiel Town. It was long the home of botanist Asa Gray and is a National Historic Landmark. Survey number: HABS MA-1019

Stillman F. Kelley House, 49 Washington Avenue, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Stillman F. Kelley House, 49 Washington Avenue, Cambridge, Middlesex C...

Significance: This building is a fine Queen Anne style house with a variety of projecting bays, irregular fenestration, and richly detailed ornament, in a setting that allows direct comparison with both contemp... More

Stillman F. Kelley House, 49 Washington Avenue, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Stillman F. Kelley House, 49 Washington Avenue, Cambridge, Middlesex C...

Significance: This building is a fine Queen Anne style house with a variety of projecting bays, irregular fenestration, and richly detailed ornament, in a setting that allows direct comparison with both contemp... More

The Dunster, Dunster Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

The Dunster, Dunster Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Significance: Built as a privately owned student dormitory for New Yorker John Albro Little. Acquired by Harvard University at Little's death in 1918, and renamed Dudley Hall in 1930. A particularly fine illu... More

Stevens-Hovey House, 75 Winter Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Stevens-Hovey House, 75 Winter Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Significance: Typical worker's cottage of type occupied by more skilled artisans employed at New England Glass Factory in the first half of the nineteenth century. Survey number: HABS MA-885

Wyeth-Allyn House, 5 Berkeley Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Wyeth-Allyn House, 5 Berkeley Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Significance: This house is a well-preserved example of a mid nineteenth-century T-shaped Italianate suburban residence. Survey number: HABS MA-1036

Amory Houghton House, 61 Otis Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Amory Houghton House, 61 Otis Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Significance: A typical Greek Revival town house, one of the finest row houses in East Cambridge. Row of four houses built by William and Lewis Hall. Survey number: HABS MA-865

Episcopal Theological School, Reed Hall, 99 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Episcopal Theological School, Reed Hall, 99 Brattle Street, Cambridge,...

Significance: As the focus of an early (for America) planned academic complex, comprising an open-ended quadrangle of three related buildings and a separate chapel. An important work of architects Ware and Van... More

Treadwell-Sparks House, 48 Quincy Street (moved to 21 Kirkland Street), Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Treadwell-Sparks House, 48 Quincy Street (moved to 21 Kirkland Street)...

Significance: Finest example of a characteristic regional variation of the Greek Revival style, featuring very broad pilaster strips with an almost Regency clarity of mass. Home of Jared Sparks, president of H... More

Haunted House, U.S. Route 50 vicinity, Cambridge, Dorchester County, MD

Haunted House, U.S. Route 50 vicinity, Cambridge, Dorchester County, M...

Survey number: HABS MD-472 Public domain photograph - historical image of Maryland, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Bigelow Chapel, 580 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Bigelow Chapel, 580 Mount Auburn Street, Cambri...

Significance: The Bigelow Chapel reflects the romantic picturesque style of architectural envisioned for cemetery grounds. It is part of the Mount Auburn Cemetery, a garden cemetery project by Massachusetts Ho... More

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Bigelow Chapel, 580 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Bigelow Chapel, 580 Mount Auburn Street, Cambri...

Significance: The Bigelow Chapel reflects the romantic picturesque style of architectural envisioned for cemetery grounds. It is part of the Mount Auburn Cemetery, a garden cemetery project by Massachusetts Ho... More

84-92 Spring Street (Row Houses), Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

84-92 Spring Street (Row Houses), Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Significance: Wood-frame vernacular row houses. Survey number: HABS MA-867

Thomas Wentworth Higginson House, 29 Buckingham Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Thomas Wentworth Higginson House, 29 Buckingham Street, Cambridge, Mid...

Significance: Thomas Wentworth Higginson, who was born in Cambridge at 7 Kirkland Street, lived in this modest, shingled, Queen Anne House. He was an abolitionist. Survey number: HABS MA-1023 Building/struct... More

Edwin H. Abbot House, 1 Follen Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Edwin H. Abbot House, 1 Follen Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Significance: The Edwin H. Abbot House is Cambridge's most substantial dwelling, unusual in being built of stone. It is a typical mansion of the Richardsonian period, and is well preserved and serving an appro... More

George Washington Whittemore House, 329 Harvard Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

George Washington Whittemore House, 329 Harvard Street, Cambridge, Mid...

Significance: House was originally remarkable for extensive use of exterior papier mache ornament. Front and side eaves of main block, and cupola were trimmed with molded papier mache "gingerbread" mounted on ... More

William James House, 95 Irving Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

William James House, 95 Irving Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Significance: This was the home of philosopher William James. The building is a conservative shingled Colonial Revival style designed by William R. Emerson, architect. Survey number: HABS MA-1024 Building/st... More

Stephen Higginson Jr. House, 7 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Stephen Higginson Jr. House, 7 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, Middlesex C...

Survey number: HABS MA-840 Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Annie Longfellow Thorpe House, 115 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Annie Longfellow Thorpe House, 115 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Middlese...

Significance: One of the earliest, largest, and best Colonial Revival-style houses in Boston. Family ties with the Longfellow House (1759) two doors away underline the conscious return of Colonial Revival arch... More

Harvard University, Lawrence Hall, 3 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Harvard University, Lawrence Hall, 3 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, Middl...

Significance: This academic building was originally built as a laboratory and residence. Designed in a brick Italianate style, the building had been extensively remodeled, but retained its original exterior ch... More

Henry W. Longfellow Place, 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Henry W. Longfellow Place, 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Middlesex Co...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-27 Survey number: HABS MA-169 Building/structure dates: 1759 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1793 Subsequent Work Building/struct... More

First Baptist Church, 5 Magazine Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

First Baptist Church, 5 Magazine Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, ...

Significance: The First Baptist Church is a local landmark with patterned brickwork and a tall corner spire on a prominent urban site. It is in original condition inside and out. Survey number: HABS MA-1017

Jeffersonville Bridge, Spanning Lamoille River on Vermont Route 15, Cambridge, Lamoille County, VT

Jeffersonville Bridge, Spanning Lamoille River on Vermont Route 15, Ca...

Significance: The bridge is significant as a representative example of the bridges built following the flood of 1927, in which over 1250 of Vermont's bridges were destroyed. The flood was a major episode in Ve... More

Jeffersonville Bridge, Spanning Lamoille River on Vermont Route 15, Cambridge, Lamoille County, VT

Jeffersonville Bridge, Spanning Lamoille River on Vermont Route 15, Ca...

Significance: The bridge is significant as a representative example of the bridges built following the flood of 1927, in which over 1250 of Vermont's bridges were destroyed. The flood was a major episode in Ve... More

Jeffersonville Bridge, Spanning Lamoille River on Vermont Route 15, Cambridge, Lamoille County, VT

Jeffersonville Bridge, Spanning Lamoille River on Vermont Route 15, Ca...

Significance: The bridge is significant as a representative example of the bridges built following the flood of 1927, in which over 1250 of Vermont's bridges were destroyed. The flood was a major episode in Ve... More

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Main Gate, 580 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Main Gate, 580 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, ...

Significance: A monument to the causes and victory of the Civil War, the inscription reads, "American Union Preserved, African slavery destroyed by the uprising of a great people by the blood of fallen heroes. ... More

West Church, 131 Cambridge Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

West Church, 131 Cambridge Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-95 Survey number: HABS MA-279 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000691

West Church, 131 Cambridge Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

West Church, 131 Cambridge Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-95 Survey number: HABS MA-279 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000691

West Church, 131 Cambridge Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

West Church, 131 Cambridge Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-95 Survey number: HABS MA-279 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000691

Daniel Watson House, 5 Russell Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Daniel Watson House, 5 Russell Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Significance: Rare surviving example of a pre-Revolutionary Cambridge farmhouse. The land had been in the Watson family since the seventeenth century. This house stayed in the Watson family ownership until 18... More

Edward S. Dodge House, 70 Sparks Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Edward S. Dodge House, 70 Sparks Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, ...

Significance: A text-book example of domestic American Queen Anne style, romantically nestled in a hollow. Survey number: HABS MA-1015 Building/structure dates: 1878 Initial Construction Building/structure d... More

Edward S. Dodge House, 70 Sparks Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Edward S. Dodge House, 70 Sparks Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, ...

Significance: A text-book example of domestic American Queen Anne style, romantically nestled in a hollow. Survey number: HABS MA-1015 Building/structure dates: 1878 Initial Construction Building/structure d... More

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Kresge Auditorium, Massachusetts Avenue at Amherst Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Kresge Auditorium, Massachusett...

Significance: The building is an outstanding example of the neo-expressionist style, designed by well-known 20th century architect, Eero Saarinen. Survey number: HABS MA-1217 Building/structure dates: 1953 In... More

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Kresge Auditorium, Massachusetts Avenue at Amherst Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Kresge Auditorium, Massachusett...

Significance: The building is an outstanding example of the neo-expressionist style, designed by well-known 20th century architect, Eero Saarinen. Survey number: HABS MA-1217 Building/structure dates: 1953 In... More

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Kresge Auditorium, Massachusetts Avenue at Amherst Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Kresge Auditorium, Massachusett...

Significance: The building is an outstanding example of the neo-expressionist style, designed by well-known 20th century architect, Eero Saarinen. Survey number: HABS MA-1217 Building/structure dates: 1953 In... More

John Fiske House, 22 Berkeley Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

John Fiske House, 22 Berkeley Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Significance: This was the home of historian John Fiske. The building is conservative in style when compared to the house designed six years later by H.H. Richardson for Fiske's mother, Mrs. Edwin Stoughton. ... More

Middlesex County Registry of Deeds, Third & Cambridge Streets, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Middlesex County Registry of Deeds, Third & Cambridge Streets, Cambrid...

Survey number: HABS MA-877 Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mary Fiske Stoughton House, 90 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Mary Fiske Stoughton House, 90 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Middlesex Co...

Significance: The Stoughton House derives its significance as an important example of H.H. Richardson's architecture and the "Shingle style" of architecture. Survey number: HABS MA-1033 National Register of H... More

Flagstaff Park, Massachusetts Avenue & Kirkland Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Flagstaff Park, Massachusetts Avenue & Kirkland Street, Cambridge, Mid...

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 ... More

General William Brattle House, 42 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

General William Brattle House, 42 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Middlesex...

Significance: Built in ca. 1730 for Cambridge lawyer and politician William Brattle, the house is popularly known for its owner's British sympathies rather than for its architectural significance. In Cambridge... More

Harrison Gray Otis House (first), 141 Cambridge Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Harrison Gray Otis House (first), 141 Cambridge Street, Boston, Suffol...

Significance: The noted lawyer-politician Harrison Gray Otis acquired the lot for this town house in 1793. Survey number: HABS MA-845 Building/structure dates: 1796 Initial Construction National Register of ... More

Benjamin Conklin House, 302 East Main Street, Cambridge City, Wayne County, IN

Benjamin Conklin House, 302 East Main Street, Cambridge City, Wayne Co...

Significance: This handsome Greek Revival house was built in 1839-40. It has a particularly fine recessed entrance surmounted by a balcony, and a distinctive roof, hipped on the west side and stepped gable to t... More

Benjamin Conklin House, 302 East Main Street, Cambridge City, Wayne County, IN

Benjamin Conklin House, 302 East Main Street, Cambridge City, Wayne Co...

Significance: This handsome Greek Revival house was built in 1839-40. It has a particularly fine recessed entrance surmounted by a balcony, and a distinctive roof, hipped on the west side and stepped gable to t... More

Edwin H. Abbot House, 1 Follen Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Edwin H. Abbot House, 1 Follen Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Significance: The Edwin H. Abbot House is Cambridge's most substantial dwelling, unusual in being built of stone. It is a typical mansion of the Richardsonian period, and is well preserved and serving an appro... More

George Washington Whittemore House, 329 Harvard Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

George Washington Whittemore House, 329 Harvard Street, Cambridge, Mid...

Significance: House was originally remarkable for extensive use of exterior papier mache ornament. Front and side eaves of main block, and cupola were trimmed with molded papier mache "gingerbread" mounted on ... More

Annie Longfellow Thorpe House, 115 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Annie Longfellow Thorpe House, 115 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Middlese...

Significance: One of the earliest, largest, and best Colonial Revival-style houses in Boston. Family ties with the Longfellow House (1759) two doors away underline the conscious return of Colonial Revival arch... More

Annie Longfellow Thorpe House, 115 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Annie Longfellow Thorpe House, 115 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Middlese...

Significance: One of the earliest, largest, and best Colonial Revival-style houses in Boston. Family ties with the Longfellow House (1759) two doors away underline the conscious return of Colonial Revival arch... More

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