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e. e. cummings Birthplace
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A landmark on Farrar St, in the middle of things: 87 places within a five-minute walk. One of 200 history & landmarks in Cambridge.
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On the National Register since 1983
Francis J. Child House
Francis J. Child House was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Jun 30, 1983. It is significant for its architecture at the local level. Its architecture is described as Mansard. It was listed as part of Cambridge MRA.
The Francis J. Child House is an historic house at 67 Kirkland Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is a two-story wood-frame structure, with a mansard roof, wooden clapboard siding, and a porch extending across the main facade. The house was built in 1861, and is a distinctive Second Empire cottage with jigsaw-cut molding over its gable windows. The lower (steep) portion of the mansard roof has hexagonal tile…
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87 places within a five-minute walk of e. e. cummings Birthplace.
🌳Get outsideWeatherhead Center For International Affairs1 min walk🎭See some artGSD Kirkland Gallery3 min walk☕Grab a coffeeJamie’s Ice Cream Co.3 min walk🥕Pick up something localSavenor's Butchery3 min walk
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Shady Hill Historic DistrictLandmark and historical building
1 min walk⛺Francis J. Child HouseCottage
1 min walk🔧Harrod Design ResearchInterior design
2 min walk🤝Nieman Foundation for Journalism at HarvardCommunity services non profits
2 min walk🌳Lippmann HouseCampus building
2 min walk🎓MetaLAB (at) HarvardCollege university
2 min walkWhere it is
Directions →2 Farrar St
The nearest neighbor is Weatherhead Center For International Affairs, 1 min walk away.
Address2 Farrar 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.