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Warren House
A campus building on Prescott St, in the middle of things: 492 places within a five-minute walk. One of 215 parks & outdoors in Cambridge.
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On the National Register since 1996
Beck-Warren House
Beck-Warren House was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 20, 1996. It is significant for its philosophy, education and architecture at the local level. Its architecture is described as Greek Revival and Colonial Revival. It was listed as part of Cambridge MRA.
The Beck-Warren House, also known as the Warren House, is a historic house located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Now on the campus of Harvard University, this large Greek Revival wood-frame house was built in 1833 for Professor Charles Beck, and was later purchased and adapted by the physically disabled Henry Clarke Warren, a Sanskrit scholar. Since 1899, it has belonged to Harvard University, for whom it presently h…
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492 places within a five-minute walk of Warren House.
📜See a landmarkDana Palmer House1 min walk🍽️EatC'est Bon1 min walk🎭See some artHarvard Film Archive1 min walk☕Grab a coffeeLamont Café1 min walk
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Mahindra Humanities Center at HarvardCampus building
1 min walk🛏️Greenough HallAccommodation
1 min walk🧰Harvard Faculty ClubVenue and event space
1 min walk🎓Barker CenterCollege university
1 min walk🎓Harvard University, Institute for World LiteraturePlace
1 min walk🎓Department of EnglishCollege university
1 min walkWhere it is
Directions →11 Prescott St
The nearest neighbor is Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard, 1 min walk away.
Address11 Prescott St · 02138
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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.