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🍽️ Restaurants · Sandwich shop

Al's Harvard Square Café

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A sandwich shop on Massachusetts Ave, in the middle of things: 836 places within a five-minute walk. One of 621 restaurants in Cambridge.

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On the National Register since 1988

Harvard Square Historic District (Boundary Increase)

Harvard Square Historic District (Boundary Increase)

Harvard Square Historic District (Boundary Increase) was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Jul 28, 1988. It is significant for its town planning, military, transportation and recreation at the state level. Its architecture is described as Vernacular and Georgian and Federal and Greek Revival and Panel Brick and Queen Anne and Mansard and Art Noveau and Florentine and Federal Revival and Richardsonian and Jacobean Revival and Neo-Georgian and Colonial Revival and Adamesque and Gothic and Gothic Revival and Romanesque Revival. The district takes in 106 historic buildings. It was listed as part of 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. The term "Harvard Square" is also used to delineate the business district and Harvard University surrounding that intersection, which is the historic center of Cambridge. Adjacent to Harvard Yard, the historic heart of Harvard Univers…

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1350 Massachusetts Ave

The nearest neighbor is First Printer, 1 min walk away.

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Address1350 Massachusetts Ave · 02138
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Address
1350 Massachusetts Ave
Hours
Not set
Phone
(617) 441-9100
Website
http://alscafes.com
Status
Open

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Some place details from Overture Maps (CDLA-Permissive-2.0). Changes go live once a second neighbor confirms them. Building history: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places.

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