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Ware Hall
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National Register of Historic Places

Ware Hall

On the National Register since 198343 years
Classical RevivalListed 1983Cambridge

Many listed buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.

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About Ware Hall

Ware Hall, at 383 Harvard St., was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Jun 30, 1983. The Register lists it for its education and architecture, at the local level. It describes its style as Classical Revival, as it does for 219 other Massachusetts listings. It was listed as part of Cambridge MRA. 26 more Register listings are within a quarter mile.

What it isHistoric apartment building in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. From Wikidata (CC0). Read about it on Wikipedia ↗

PDFRead the original nominationThe form that put it on the Register, with its history, photos and a map · 6 MB · National Archives↗
Through the years

1893 to today

  1. 1893Built, designed by George Francis Fogerty
  2. 1983Added to the National Register of Historic Places
  3. 2026On the Register for 43 years
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383 Harvard St., Cambridge · about 0.1 miles on foot, as the crow flies

Around it

72 more Register listings within half a mile

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★Sever Hall, Harvard UniversityRichardsonian Romanesque0.2 miBe.e. cummings HouseColonial Revival0.2 miBBuilding at 1707-1709 Cambridge StreetGreek Revival0.2 miBBuilding at 1715-1717 Cambridge StreetGreek Revival0.2 miDHarvard Houses Historic DistrictNeo-Georgian0.3 miBEphraim Atwood HouseGreek Revival · Built 18390.3 miBBuilding at 104-106 Hancock StreetGreek Revival · Built 18390.3 miBIsaac Melvin HouseGreek Revival · Built 18420.3 miBAlbert Vinal HouseGreek Revival · Built 18530.3 miDHarvard Square Historic District (Boundary Increase)Vernacular0.3 miBHasty Pudding ClubBuilding0.3 miBPorcellian ClubFederal Revival · Built 17010.3 miBSecond Cambridge Savings Bank BuildingItalian Renaissance0.3 miBHarvard Square Subway KioskBuilt 19270.3 miDHarvard Square Historic DistrictGreek Revival0.3 miDHarvard Yard Historic DistrictGeorgian0.3 mi★University Hall, Harvard UniversityFederal0.3 mi★Massachusetts Hall, Harvard UniversityEarly Georgian0.3 mi★Memorial Hall, Harvard UniversityHigh Victorian Gothic0.3 miBChurch of the New JerusalemGothic · Built 19010.3 miBLuther Brooks HouseGreek Revival0.3 miBTreadwell-Sparks HouseRegency · Built 18380.3 miBJoseph Lovering HouseGreek Revival0.3 miBGeorge Gale HouseCenter Gable Italianate · Built 18530.4 miBBuildings at 15-17 Lee St.Italianate · Built 18560.4 miBOpposition HouseFederal · Built 18070.4 miBWilliam R. Jones HouseMansard · Built 18650.4 miDMaple Avenue Historic DistrictMansard0.4 miBBrattle HallDutch Colonial Revival · Built 18890.4 miBThe JarvisQueen Anne · Built 18900.4 miDKirkland Place Historic DistrictMansard0.4 mi★William Morris Davis HouseQueen Anne · Built 18950.4 miBCheney Read HouseGreek Revival · Built 18460.5 miBUS Post Office-Central SquareClassical · Built 19330.5 miDCity Hall Historic DistrictRichardsonian Romanesque0.5 miDCity Hall Historic DistrictItalianate0.5 miDCentral Square Historic District (Boundary Increase)Early Republic0.5 miDBigelow Street Historic DistrictMansard0.5 miBDeane-Williams HouseItalianate · Built 18480.5 miBGeorge Wyatt HouseItalianate · Built 18600.5 miBCraigie ArmsGeorgian Revival · Built 18970.5 miBDexter Pratt HouseFederal · Built 18080.5 miBS. B. Withey HouseGreek Revival · Built 18550.5 miBCharles Schuebeler HouseItalianate · Built 18600.5 mi★Christ ChurchBuilt 17600.5 miDCambidge Common Historic District AmendmentDistrict0.5 miBHouse at 72R Dane StreetColonial · Built 17750.5 miDCambridge Common Historic DistrictGothic Revival0.5 miDCambridge Common Historic District (Boundary Increase and Decrease)Gothic Revival0.5 miBAustin HallRichardsonian Romanesque0.5 miBFrancis J. Child HouseMansard0.5 miBUniversity MuseumItalian Renaissance0.5 miBDivinity HallFederal · Built 18250.5 miDShady Hill Historic DistrictQueen Anne0.5 mi
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Questions about Ware Hall

Is Ware Hall on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes. It was added on Jun 30, 1983 (Register number 83000835).

Is Ware Hall a National Historic Landmark?

No. It is on the National Register; Massachusetts has 189 National Historic Landmarks. The nearest is Sever Hall, Harvard University, 0.2 miles away.

Can you visit Ware Hall?

Our record doesn’t say whether it is open to visitors. Many listed buildings are private, so it may only be seen from the street.

Where can I read the history of Ware Hall?

In its National Register nomination, the form that put it on the Register: a 6 MB PDF at the National Archives, linked on this page.

Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · National Archives catalog record 63790564 · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.